The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-06-03
From late foreisn Jourpal
BURNING THE Will.
TAIE Or aEAI LrFE.

which VAS q nurse. now mnrmurlng .
prayer. and nov filling back. hall ssisep.
IN Der arm chair; and The. tel vas 90
aErsnged. that any one catering me room
could perceive lie llsid face II lhr I'D
man who's Few hours before had hrfaihed
his last. The noise made by AIgerron
awake tie nurse from her slumbers. She
shock her bead.
Good InoTAisg. si'; Jon cone % Look
once more Al yaur poor unrir! See! one
would think he slrpi; ; sni.e i on hi.
sounlsnance. Alas, those eyes are closed
fofe,sImorsr'
Yes. MMglsel. answered A'gernnn;
!. but you bad batter 60 ami resl your-eIl.
! ill watch over The corpse"
/. Bul. siri-"
go 10 The dining roam. nurse; yaDr
breakfast is ready -go."
And under this benevolent clause he
gently pushed her oul II tie RON. aud
sal down on lhs chair she h.d occupied;
sr'er which. casting last Glance Al his
dead uncle. he opened The bed curtains.
and got up.
lie is dead q, lasi. shall be rich
now!'' aa.
No sooner hal he pronounced these
words than lie withdrew bunch ri keys
f,om under Tie pillow; ran 10 tie desk IN
hich the wall was contained; opened il;
and begsn reading. @
II constitute my nephew. Algernon
Sloper. sole exccu,erl'' a@
Ill was iime!'' exclaimed tie heir.
!. am emitted 10 what the law aud
society aeknoS lodges my right " g
And Algernon, who. for more than two
years. had feared that HE uncle would
forget him. continued ihus:-
al will. Sc. 10 Margaret and Joseph
the sum Of e20O0 each, for the care
bestowed on me by them during thirty
yeas" a-*s .s@Hs
1.-Two ihoussni pounds each to these
people. uho are rich enough with what
they have slolenl What fnllyl Come.
hi. 10 but an old mans madness, How.
ever. ! will pay the $4,000. a. II IL i'm
possible 10 do olhersise." f.s
i Il beGOea,h to Pierro,. ny yslsi. The
sum OF E50U." 80
"Whal! 10 thai Pisrroi. wha should
hass bsen-expsllsd long before now
i Que Ia Diabls rsmporfe!''
i 10 Mr.. Martin. INV notary. a2500,
ash this SUN 10 be added 10 The fortune
Of Hariana. his daughter, and my god
daughter" @z4@@a@#g ees@ a45 .
4 1.-Two thousand five hundred pound.
TO that fellow Martin! an old notary
retired IRON business, who has gotta hand
some house at Kensinglon! What car
be The meaning Of this! II is a loss q
cards, perhaps. TO Martin, which my
uncle has been ashamed 20 name. Oh
uncle! the story was true. This ] Wi
certainly not pay. l will see Martin ant
make him understand the disgrace tina
would iniallbly befal him were he 10 40
cep. such legacy; and il he persists VI
will go to law. More su!l!" exclaimed
: the heir. turning The leaf over.
~ bequeath $4,000 to Miss Chester
! field. daughter Of brave officer. killed ol
the field Of battle, whom do not wish I,
know want" @e #ea Ia s@.~a .
} TO her! Whvihe cross grained dir
} has rejected me! She shall no, tourh
penny oft. All! here's another prolegee.
: There is now living in London
young baTrIsrer, whom my nephew Alger
non knows perfectly well. lie is poor
but vir,uous and talented. bequeslh Il
the said Edward Ingestrie the sum o
5000"
Five thousand poundsw exclaimed
Algernon, throwing the will on the floor
; Z" Five thousand pounds To lnges'rie. IN!
riral-my successful lival--in The affec
tons Of Isabel Chesterfield"
! Algernon got up, approached the win
dow, opened it, notwithstanding The Geld
and overlooked a landscape of beautiful
meadows, on which innumerable flock
, Iuere resting. The Thames rolled hi
waters through the estate; and further on
were forests, forming part Of the success
: sion he was entitled TO.
"All This is mine now; The wool .
these focks; these forests; the produce o
these fields; all belong 10 me by right.
am the heir, and almos, the only relation
4 to the late possessor. Shall '.efrau'
. mysellby PAYING frivolous iegaeies! Sup
T. pose now" said he after he, had shut H.
window. and resumed his seat near III
! fire; "suppose my uncle had no, made tn
will al all. 10 whom would these richie
!. come! TO me only; TO me they lawful
!, belong; and all distracted lherefrom is
thief, a. my expense!' ..@@@ ~. ...
8 Andthe evil spirits Of avarice. cupidi'y
a and sel6shness, took possession of hi
. ungrslelui nephew. lie forgot that h
9 never had been loving and du,iinl 10 hi
uncle, but The reverse. Ills dlsgracel,
conduct had indeed frequently irrila'e
his rich relative. Interested views alon
d. had caused him to approach Tor Two veal
v past, and now. without any moral col