Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

against the car, her right foot tapping against the gravel.

“He wasn’t rich, Martha,” she said. “I found a hidden bank notice from October of 1937. He owed money. A lot of money. If he didn’t take that hundred dollars, we wouldn’t have had this house.”

“He never cashed the check, Clara,” I said.

“Then he was a fool,” she said.

She climbed into the cab continue reading …