Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-05
GRAADPA'S LOVE AFFAIR
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

father was rolling in money, and in
firm. He was seventy-sIx.
While grandma lived the families
stuck pretty closely together, but after
her death it was case OF catch who
can. All Of as wanted Grandfather
Paulett'g money. / am not ashamed
to say did, with my husband trying
to make both ends meet on fifteen
hundred. However, / liked the old
man. whereas that cat Of Sarah Rey-
nolds, and that dumbhead Jim Simp-
son, were simply after his money. But
he saw through them.
Grandpa's infirmity came from govt
not old age. He got so bad at last
that his temper was quite altered, and
instead OF stopping to chat with us
he used to swear and look the other
way. II was that tabby Sarah's fault;
he knew she was after his money
and. as | said to Fred. he would make
things right when he came to die,
And then a terrible thing happened.
Grandpa was ordered to Atlantic City,
to get his govt cured by the sea air.
He was so pleased at the thought OF
revisiting the scenes of his youth that
he got quite jolly again and invited
US all to dinner.
It's many years since I was at At
lantic City," he said Il stayed at
the Wimbledon. All, the daughter OF
Mrs. Higgins, our landlady, was q
beauty, and no mistake II 1t hadn't
been for your grandmother, children"
didn't think he ought to talk that
way, with one leg In baDdages and
the other in the grave. The old
wretch" Sarah whispered to her hus-
band afterward.
Well, OF went grandpa, with his
man, duly escorted to the station by
all of us, though only ] wanted to see
him made comfortable. Thu rest were
just after his money.
And the next thing we heard, grand
pa was married.
The blow staggered US all. It APP
peared that he had found his old fame,
the landlady's daughter. with whom he
must have carried on something awful
while poor, long-suffering grandma was
alive, and married her after week 9
courtship. We were SO shocked by the
news that we held a little meeting
| at Jim Simpsons house.
snow, friends and relations. and re-
lations that aren't friends" says Jim
and thought that smart Of him
we've got to keep the money in the
family He'll leave cool two hun
dred Thousand to that designing mink,
who has simply been playing on the
feelings of the old dotard-"
Grandpa isn't a dotard," inter
rupted holly.
Jane, are you one of us. or amt
your" he asked sarcastically.
Il suppose I've got to be-" / groaned.
And then he outlined his plan. We
were to have the marriage declared
! invalid on account of grandpa being
In state Of senile decay, and the
estate put into court and equally dis
tributed. Jim had q lawyer friend
who would arrange the details, and as
soon as grandpa came home q doctor
whom Jim knew was to dog his foot
steps and try to trap him into an ex
hibition of lunacy, so that We coulC
make out a case.
1t sounded good to me. was sorry
for grandpa. because liked the OLE
gentleman. but 1t wasn't right tina
we should lose our inheritance jus
because a designing mink had takel
advantage of his weakness. And SO
took 1t hard when Fred said to me, Oh
the way home:
Jane, you're as bad as the wors
of them"
/ We had quite quarrel, but brough
Fred round to reason by asking HOY
Johnny was to 80 to college. He hadn'
thought Of that-you know what mel
are.
Well, we all assembled at the sta
ton to meet grandpa. We felt it wa
} our duty to do that; besides, we want
ed to see the mink.
THE creature is sure to havl
red hair" says Sarah to me; she la
got to be quite friendly since gu
scheme for grandpas benefit.
The train pulled into the station. an
you can imagine we were all afiutte
with expectation. And there WASH
any red-haired mink on the train. I
fact, we couldn't see grandpa eithe
for long time. until a silvery-haire
lady of about seventy years assiste
him out Of his carriage. And the
grandpa saw us and set up a whooF
These are my dear nephews an
nieces. Minna," he said. whom hay
been telling you about. Whoop 1t VI
girls and boys, I'm as At as a tw'
. year.old. except for this plaguey for
!, of mine. All come to dinner"
3 And, would you believe it, this wa
the landlady's daughter. You see. "
had somehow not thought that gran,
pas adventures at Atlantic City ha
occurred nearly fifty years before. An
her hair was reddish under the silvt
after all.
It appeared that she had inherite
Q the hotel and had made fortune o.
{ of it.
. And as my wife Is richer than
: shall not alter my will, which divide
! my property equally among my de-
. . relations said grandpa And II the
make up to her, perhaps grandma VI
: take them as her relations, too"
And he looked at US with such
: bitter sheer. But of course he meai
g that for Sarah.
srnnvrivbt Iafs nv W. G. Chapman.