Okolona messenger., 1922-07-06
Grandpa Wakes Up
TilGeld
BY MARVIN ST. JOHNS

Copy Isn,. 4J24. sstern Newspaper OalOn.
There were-let me see, there were
Cousin Jasper Haynes, Cousin Maria
Haynes, Cousin Thomas and Sainan-
tAa Biggs Lucy and IAul, and myself,
not TO mention Grandpa and Grandma
ChIttenden. They lived ill Washing.
Ton but the rest Of US inhabited AL
field.
Grandpa Chittenden was Civil war
capsioner. and i'll tile middle part Of
his Incredibly long life Tie had found
I'll. ] L8heye, Anyway, he was reput-
cd AWfully rich, rich enough to make
al! his srandsons and Sreat-grana-
d0ush,pls, which means hucy, wealthy
l&r life And Ae MAS eigilty3aven
.ears old, and GvandalG Clghty-hAe.
TiIdeId was not lie plaee thar c,.S
would choose to live in. It Waa
little New England town, Very sah5a-
.Nr.an. ema' =, c.9 hrigade-you know
tn" sly,e, ao.uu folks might like it. Of
l0ulae. but. is.,akiv, We Haj Aesas aud
Biggses and The res, OF US li''~1 rher,
because we hRd beer oo1n there, and
TG we're too poor to move away,
That is, till grandpa died, Every
year each OF us would receive u let
ter fion him Oh the anniversary Of
the battle Of Gettysburg, III Which he
lost a leg. "Ipl growing very feeble,
he would say, "0isA SO rs rly dear wife.
| hardly hope to survive the coming
winter. God bFtss you, my dear
Paul, Lucy, Samantha. Jasper, Thom-
as or aierta, as the cdse might be.
| We had feckoned that there ought
TO be at least ten thousand apiece and
some Of us were getting on in years
and anxious to see the last of Titled
Lucy was twenty-seven and Paul tWt
years older. Oh, why did Grandps
Chittenden hang on SO!
Then an amazing thing happened
| A brief letter came to each Of US in
forming us that grandpa and grand
ma were going to puy US visit.
The day arrived and the tribe wa!
gathered ut the station TO welcome
MIN. But grandpa wasn't on the train
II guess he wasn't feeling vel
enough to come" said Cousin 'ihoma
meuninyly.
Just then q smart touring car cam
to q standstill near us and an Oh
gentleman, VINO was at the wheel
seated beside al old lady. turned an,
looked hard. 1t was grandpa!
Welcome, grandpa we Al! shout
Cd, eagerly.
"ha. ha" chuckled grandpa "Fooc
you young folks, didn't l? We though
we'd motor over instead Of taking th
train, and enjoy the country air"
"Motored from where?' we asked.
"From Washington" said grandpa
with a chucllle.
Grandpa fell in With cur plan
have him one day at each house, an
after he had made the round he mad
1t again.
u tell you young people, I'm fallir
in love with Tilheld' he said.
Everybody was pretty glum by noN
for grandpa looked good for doze
years or more. And then came Il
day Of the state fair.
BY this time, In spite OF our disa
pointnent, we couldn't help !ikil
grandpa. He had told us that he WI
worth hundred thousand dollars, al
was going to divide it up among !
equally, or, If we didn't outlive lii
among our heirs. But, as was sa
ing, the state fair came along al
Howson in his new airplane, the ne
sort that turns somersaults in the a.
without upsetting.
"Where's grandpa?" l asked one
the assistants who had charge Of t
airplane fixtures.
"What, the old gent with the wood
legT" he answered. "Why, he's up
the machine"
"What. up thereT' cried Cous
Jasper, pointing to the airplane, viii
was doing the dip Of death about
mile over our heads, "And wher,
grandmaT'
"What. the old lady7 Why-sh
there, tool"
heard a scream behind me. COus
Maria was having Mysteries. And tn
the cry was drowned in the delight
yells Of the crowd as the machine, Il
a great bird, righted itself and cal
floating gracefully down and lit wi
In twelve feet OF where we stood. A
out stepped grandpa and grandma.
Boys" said grandpa, when they
him down, "that was a fooIhardy thl
to do. ! ain't as young as was--l
going on for elghty-eight-and I'm
family man with responsibilities.
more airplanes fbr me. ! stick to
good old-fashIOned auto now and hen
ss.---avA