The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

farter he had made the round he made
ic again
"T tell you young people, I'm falling
in ioye with Tilneid," he said. Fine
crops, Fine soil. Fine girls. Fine,
sociabIe crowd Yes. sir, Pn going
to BUILD here aud set out an orchard,
| with eins and naples, In the old
fasiinned way. Pm going to be a New
Englander again"
Z Everybody was pretty aium by now.
for grandpa looked good for a DOZEN
years or more. And then came tas
day OF the srate fair.
I BY tiis t1ms, in spite Of our disap-
! poir.rmsnr.. we couldn't help liking
grandpa. He had told us char he waa
worth A hundred thousand dollars, and
was going to divide ir up among ns
equally. or, IL we didn't ourIiys him,
among our heirs. Bur, as 7 was say
ing. the state fair came along. and
\ Ffowson, in his new aeropiane, rhs
new sort that turns somersauirs in
the air without npsetting. or course
grandpa had to 60 with grandma. In
the automobile, and al there WASN'T
room for all OF US. and nobody was
Wiling to let the others get ahead OF
him, we decided 10 walk and meet
them there We got there JIsr al
Ffowson was going up for the second
time We saw grandpa's auto all right,
but it was empty. That seemed
stranss. Grandpa couldn't have wan,
dered into any blind tiger. because We
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he wasn't the kind to be IN a tent
with grandma, trying his hand At
spoeting the pea under the thimhle.
where's grandpa" asked one Of
the assistants who had charge OF the
aeropiane fixtures.
what, the old gent with the wood
en- legr' he answered. why. he's up
In the machine"
What, up there" cried Cousin
Jasper, pointing to the asropiane.
which WAS doing the dip of death
about mile over our heads. And
where's grzndmay'
what. the old lady: Why-she,s
there tool"
heard scream behind me. Cousin
Maria was having Mysteries. And then
yeIIs of the crowd a. the machine, Ike
a great bird. rishtsd itself and came
floating gracefully down and lit with
In twelve feet OF where we stood And
out stepped grandpa.
ffe turned and gave grandma bis
hand, and she came out TOO. and the
first thing she did was to box How
sons ears.
There. ThatT teach you to be
more careful. young man." she said.
You've got tha: hlthy GasoIine all
over my new lavender gown"
Then the crowd went wild. They
took grandpa on their shoulder,
wooden leg and all, and carried him
round the grounds, and grandma fol-
lowed. looking as proud as Punch.
Boys" said grandpa, when they
set him down, that was . fooIhafdy
thing to do. ain't a. young an
was--I'm going on for efghty-eisht-
and I'm family man with responsi-
bilities. No more aeropIanes for me.
stick TO the sooe oId-fashioned auto
now and henceforward."
I heard q sob. Lucy ran out from
the crowd and fell on grandpa's NECK,
and In minute Cousin Maria fell
upon grandma's. and Cousin Saman-
tina followed suit, and In q mInuts~t the
whole crowd of women were weeping
and bowling and begging grandma
newer TO let grandpa risk his valuable
life again. As for we men. we didn't
know what to do, no we Just shook
grandpA's hand until our arms ached.
Now. the strange thing about II Is.
grandpa was such . good sport that.
instead Of wishing him dead, from
that minute we began to think out
plans for prolonsing his life. And the
things he did to TilfeId! Why, all
the reporters In the state were out to
sec him, and we found out he was q
famous manufacturer, and he was
planning to carry power to Tilheld
from Colne stream and erect factories
and put up model houses and
Well, grandpa II ninety-three now.
and he bought new auto last week.
because grandmas getting pretty
feeble and the old one looked out OF
date. As for Tilneld. what with tho
increasing value Of real estate and the
life Of the town. we're going TO hang
on an long as we can do so.
Oh. yes. about that hundred thou
sand. What grandpa meant was that
he had that to give away, besides s.
cool half-mi1lion invested. He divided
up among us. and Paul and Lucy had
their third baby last week.
Here's hoping he'll round out the
century!
Copyright. 1918. BY W. @. chapmsn>