THE YOUNG ATTORNEY ON VACATION

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 talking' and talking' and decided it would be better to have a bastard in
the family than a lawyer.