Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-06

one of its delegates almost as soon as
the will was explained. 1t was grand
pas grandson. He flared right up and
said to his mother and father and the
minister and the others:
"Granddad can 30 hang with his
old money! / shall marry whom l
please, II she will have me! Bessie
Thorpe is one of the incest girls for q
hundred miles around If her mother
fitted grandpa, she did wise thing"
But you will not be selfish about
it," suggested the minister. THE
church is in sad need Of repainting
and the pew cushions"
"And our seven thousand ,dollars!"
gasped the mother.
"And my one thousand! Yes, told
him what to do for his sore heel"
lamented Mrs. Roder.
And my one thousand! He calls
me the biggest gossip in town, but
jest let me get my paws on the
money!" cried Mrs. Flint.
There were no African heather
present, and consequently none were
heard from. Young Abernethy had
some additional remarks to make,
however, before he bolted from the
room.
Fight it out among you. It's of no
interest to me"
There was a solemn silence lasting
for two long minutes following his
departure. Then the minister sighed.
Then all the others sighed. Then the
minister asked:
HAS any one suggestion to
maker
When he had waited a proper time
for response, and none had come, ne
said with Frightening face:
II have. You all noticed that he
did not announce that he and Miss
Thorpe were engaged. He did not
affirm that she loved him."
That's sol" came a chorus.
There is our one ray Of hope. You
ladies must visit her and appeal to
her sentiment. You can also suggest
that place can be found for her to
go to China as a missionary"
When the committee made It's call
nothing was said about the will.
They thought 'twould be better thus.
The talk was all about the Chinese
heather and how nice 1t was to
snatch their souls from the burning
and assure them Of an American
heaven when they died. They found
the girl an interested listener. She
said she had always wanted to go to
China to see II black tea grew on
black bushes and to satisfy herself
whether the Chinese at home had the
same squirt as the laundrymen had
over here It was understood before
| the committee left that the minister
was to make application to the Board
of Foreign Missions and that there
was every chance of his being sue
cessful. A pretty broad hint was
dropped that no girl in love could
hope to be taken, and on their way
home Mrs. Roder exclaimed:
!, She'll go to China and we'll get
that money as sure as shooting! All
we have to do is to keep quiet about
things"
They kept quiet.
So did young Abernethy.
| So did Grandpa King.
In the course of few weeks the
minister called on Miss Bessie and
there was q triumphant smile on his
face. .s;aEerr 4-, @5< -
| miss Thorpe. how soon can you
get ready to sail for China"
"Just as soon as my husband cant"
was the knockout reply. .,.
| "You-you--
"Courtland Alternately and / we're
married two weeks ago..
And next day Grandpa King sent
for the young husband and tossed
him a package of $4,000 and said:
Good boy! I put the whole Job up
to see If they would behave as they
did, My daughter may get something
some day, but it's not cent for the
other old cats!"