The Advocate [Baton Rouge, LA]
7 November 2015
By Anders Smiley
Missing the ring
Dear Smiley: Mom told me this story about my
granddaddy:
Partway through his career, Granddaddy moved his
family to Ithaca, New York, so he could return to Cornell for advanced studies.
He wanted to specialize in surgery. In school he spent a lot of time with
cadavers.
One day he came home with a small, blue box bearing
the coveted Tiffany name, and handed it to Grandmommy.
“Brought you a little something,” he said.
Anticipating perhaps a bracelet, Grandmommy eagerly
opened the box, and found...a finger!
Granddaddy was a big man, so Grandmommy, at 4 feet 11
inches, probably didn’t inflict much damage as she tried to beat him up.
SARAH STRAVINSKA
Chestnut
