FAMILY LIFE AND CHARACTER 200 



public bodies in Melbourne, Australia, and the 

 youngest acted in a similar capacity for the 

 London, Northampton, Aberdeen and other 

 County Councils before marrying, in 1897, her 

 father's future biographer. 



Of his son's three children and his youngest 

 daughter's little girl, Tegetmeier was exceedingly 

 fond, and as I have said, he was far more indulgent 

 to his grandchildren than he had been to his 

 own — he could not bear even to hear me reprove 

 my little daughter for some childish misconduct 

 for which, at her age, her mother would have been 

 scolded by him. He had a very pleasing way 

 with his grandchildren when little, and would 

 often take great pains to amuse or interest them. 

 If, for instance, he gave the small child a piece of 

 money, he would wrap it up in many pieces of 

 paper, or make pretence of its being a penny 

 instead of the shilling which eventually came to 

 light. Or, if when writing to my wife, he would 

 enclose a gift for his grandchild, it would be 

 inserted skilfully in a cleft piece of cardboard, 

 under special cover addressed to the child, or 

 in some way or another it would be disguised 

 or tricked in a manner to enhance the pleasure 

 of its receipt. Besides money he would give 

 his grandchildren books at Christmas and on 

 their birthdays. He would take his little grand- 

 daughter into the garden or the lanes and talk 

 to her of trees and flowers and animals, and the 



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