Pleasant Grove Review | 1938-02-04 | Page 6 | "Miser" Paine

"Miser" Paine J. H. Paine was a composer and critic who was a friend of Frank Chickering's. It was generally supposed that Paine was poor. His name is associated with an experience expe-rience which befell his benefactor, Chickering. To the latter Paine intrusted in-trusted a package wrapped in a bandana handkerchief. Assuming that the content was manuscripts, Chickering placed the package in a safe. Seventeen years later the "impoverished" friend died. In the presence of Paine's legal representatives, rep-resentatives, the package was opened. It contained over $400,000 vorth of bonds and currency.