The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-29
The Crandfather's Will


mother were sitting out on the
porch knitting for the Red Cross.
The mother had just two children,
Joseph and Josephine, who were
twins. They lived in little vii
lage Their father had died about
two years before, and they found
it very hard to pay rent and meet
all their other expenses.
Josephine and her mother had
been talking how and where they
might secure money for her an Jo-
seph to go to college. She had Just
finished remarking that it looked
as though they would have to give
up their plans, when she looked up
and saw her brother hurrying
towards home. He had telegram
from the town where their grand
father lived
Their grandfather was very rich,
but did not have anything to do
with them because this son had
married without his consent. When
Joseph handed the telegram to his
mother. she opened it nervously. 1t
was from one of their grandfather's
neighbors, telling them of their
grandfather's sudden death. He
had died with heart trouble.
Joseph and Josephine had never
seen their grandfather and as their
mother did not like him very well,
there was not much deep grieving
but they had thought more of their
grandfather after their fathers
death than before, as he had treat
ed them better and had given them
money once in while The money
Joseph had earned that week was
just enough to pay their carfare
there and back, and his mother
had earned little by takin gin
sewing. The next morning they
went to their grandfather's funeral
and afterwards went to stay over
night at their grandfather's house
as they had to stay to hear the will
read the following day.
The next morning they were all
assembled in the lawyers Office to
hear the reading of the will Joseph
and Josephine had been wishing he
would leave them enough money to
60 to college on and support their
mother while they were gone.
Their grandfather willed all his
money and property to them If they
could find all his money which was
concealed somewhere on his prop
erty. If they did not find it in a
month the house was to be given
as a Home for the Friendless,"
and all his money was to go to the
Red Cross.
When the lawyer had finished
reading the will he handed letter
sealed up to their mother, which
their grandfather had written short
ly before his death. She opened
the letter and in it was just small
note saying, Count four to the
right, six to the left and seven up
wards" At the bottom of the note
he had written, "a hint to the
finding of the money
They decided to stay in the house
until the month was up, but did not
have much hope of ever finding the
money. They supposed that in this
hint their grandfather referred to
brick as the house and all the fire
places end chimneys were made of
brick.
They started the search the next
day as Joseph and Josephin were
very anxious to find it, but their
mother did not think they could
find it. They carefully examined
all the tricks around the house to
see if they were loose.
Two weeks had passed and they
had almost given up their search
when one Sunday Joseph was up
stairs hunting around and found
q secret door under the attac stair
way. He went into the room. 1t
was a small room, but did not have
any furniture in it. A brick chin
ney was built through it and he no.
ticed several bricks loose, so he
went according to his grandfathers
directions and found brick that he
could lift and under it was tin
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now and live in the house, but as
the mother opened the box there
was nothing but note in it saying,