Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-05-25
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A TALE OF REAL LIFE.

# was dusk, as Algernon Sloper opened
/ he doo> Of sumptuouS apartment, IN
which was u nurse, no" ruurmuring a
prayer, and now falling back haif oSlpep
n her ann chair; and the bed was 30 ar
ranged, that any one entering tho room
could perceive tho livid face of the old man
who few hours before had breathed his
last. The noise made by Algernon awoke
the aurse from her sIumbcr. She shook
her head.
Good morning, sir; you come to look
once more upon your poor uncle! See,
one would thiak he slept, smile is on his
countenancc. Alas! those eyes are closed
for eyermore"
Yes, Margaret, answered Algernon;
'bol you had bs'ter 60 and rest yourself.
| will watch over the corpse"
Bat, sirn
go to tho dining room, nurse, your
breakfast is reody-go.'
And under this benevolent clause he
gently pushed her out Of the room, and
sat down on the chair she had lately occu-
pied, after which, casting glance at his
4 Iyad uncle, he opened tho bed curtains and
got up.
lie is dead at last! | shall DO rich
now'
No sooner bad he pronounced these
| words than lie withdrew a bunch Of keys
from under the pillow, ran to the desk in
which the will was contained, opened it,
and began reading
Il constitute my nephew, AIgernon Slo-
rcr, sole exccutor'
1t was time exclaimed the heir. Il
am entitled to what the law and society
acknowledge my right and title.
And thus Algernon who had for more
| han two years feared that his uncle would
! orget him, thus continued.
i Il will, &c. to Margaret and Joseph,
the sum Of $4,000 each, for the care they
| have bestowed on me for the last thirty
years
Two thousand pounds each TO these
-r,pIe, who arc rich enough with what
they have stolen? What folly Come,
tbs is but m old mans madness. How
ever, will pay tho $4,000 as it il IS inn
nossbic to do otherwise
Il bequeath TO Picrrot, my valet the
sum Of $500
| What to that Picrrot, who should have
.ecn expelled long bcFqre now Que le
igjl Importe,'
A 10 Mr.. Martin, my notary, e., 500.
i wish this sum TO be added 10 the fortune
If Mariana, his daughter, and my god
laughter
Two thousand, five hundred pounds 10
hat fellow Martini an old notary retired
rom business, who has got handsome
house at Kcnsington What can be the
meaning Of this? 1t is loss at cards per-
il haps 10 Martin which my uncle has been
ashamed 10 mention. Oh, uncle the story
vas true. This will certainly not pay.
Ell will see Martin ard make him under
stand the disgrace that would inlallibIy be-
i fall him were he to accept such legacy;
and If he persist we will go,to law. More
4 s..l.' exclaimed tho heir, turning the leaf
II over.
Il beouealh e., 800 to Miss Chester
field. daughter Of a brave officer, killed on
the field Of battle, whom | 90 not wish to
r know want
To her! Why the cross-grained hirt
has rejected me. She shall not touch
penny Of it. All! here is another prote-
geo
q There is now living in London young
arristcr who my nephew Algernon knows
PERFECTLY we'll. He is poor, but yirtuous
, and talented. boqueathto said Edward
ngcstrie the sum Of five thousand pounds.
Five thousand poundH exclaimed Al
. n-non, throwing the will on the floor
Five thousand pounds TO Ingestrle, my II.
nI-mv successful rivaI--in the affections
o'EGzabeyh Chesterfield. Never
Algernon got up, approached the win
low, opened it, notwithstanding the cold,
and overlooked a landscape of beautiful
MEADOW, on which inuumerabIo tlockS
"ere resting. The Thames rolled his wa
'srs through the estate; and further on