For three years, the young attorney had been taking
his brief vacations at this country inn.
The last time he’d finally managed an affair
with the innkeeper’s daughter.
Looking forward to an exciting few days,
he dragged his suitcase up the stairs of the inn,
then stopped short.
There sat his lover with an infant on her lap!
“Helen, why didn’t you write when you learned
you were pregnant?” he cried.
“I would have rushed up here, we could have
gotten married, and the baby would have my name!”
“Well,” she said, “when my folks found out
about my condition, we sat up all night talkin’
and talkin’ and decided it would be better to
have a bastard in the family than a lawyer.”