Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-05-26

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pole, isa faded daily roycrncss.
Every lawyers office has plenty Of such
stories as this. One remember Of a miser
who had ruined more than o7e family, and
iu his last moments wished to make such re-
p1rliicn as bcquca,hed gold could compass.
Poor wretch. when the will was brought,
c,tslepsy had seized him and he lay there a
living corpsc-jcad in an bot mind. lie
elull no, move his hand his tongue re-
fused i,s office; only his ewes were free TO
move. and Of those eyes have been told a
terrible tale. lie was, as miscrs onen are,
man Of strong mind and iron nerve. Passive
. ~, he was in every part, the eyes told all that
was passing within. You could have seen
. 300 them intelligence when ihc will was read
n him, ihc powerful y1l,ion brought 90 bear
and re-sevcrcd in, when the written word
which was required 90 make ita testament
was required; the terror AMI horror which
rlmo over him when Dc found the right hand,
which had So oAcu aided h.m i1r evil, would
no, help him for good The despair which
hurs, the unseen bond, around him, and with
caryul.vr motion, ll, oct the last lil', il
must have been a spectacle OF horror, when
Pun..hm,r, came ,n ,r1G, ola prohibition nf
,hs one act Of mercy which might have madr
some amends fora lifetime Of wrong.
Then there was another legend Of a man
whose daughter hal married arain., he viii.
H. lived somewhere zoo a retired country
house, nr or from ans town. This MAN was
slbtrc, toa disease Of the heart, and one
night, feeling the symptoms Of an aPproach-
inc attack. and ,ha, strange prrsonumcn,
which so often comes bcfrrc death, ,hrarousri
bis household and sen, or a messenger on
horseback, not frr surgeon, but lawyer.
llc wanted hi, will made instantly. The
messenger could not Pc expected back ior 90
lc1,, ;uu hours, and long before That, thc
s77smoJ.c attack h1l come on but si.ll, Boz
ilc intervals of bis r1rovysms, that tctcr-
m.1rl man vIo,c as though against time
When ,hr LAWYER jII arrive, all that was lcN
of ,hc living viii which hal been So active
a-l energetic a tv hour, before, was ,la,
'.s, r.ccg Of writing. !, expressed the De-.
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Vivid illustration Of urprinciglcd rrccI de-
s-,rr H.src
T,r ~rat-mrr in the c.,y. close friend,
finn, f,.,fr .,b.al Ir,s. we're ln ihc decline
,rrr vr Edmond. lad a LARGE family
with r,mrsauy,lv small means: while Mr.
RAYMOND uas worth TWO iuadrri thoaslaI
mounds. with mo- living rcla,iy, bot nephew
ofthe mos, rr1a..a,s and hopclcs, character.
This nrrhrv had been cxpcr..vrly educated,
7-l had srr1t unlimited money ar the wor,,
rsrro.-s. aad the uncle "a, length became
weary and I.,-u.,,J with ihc Young mans
Irruyiy. "EImcnls,' .all Raymond one
I4y Co DIS friend, as be handed him a roll oi
paper, here is my will lhayc lea my ne
phrw ten thousand pounds, and ,hc rest Of
mv property TO YOU, who, know will make
good use oft.
Edmond, demonstrated and imr'urcd, but
and lock il upiu his private desk. Within %
f.v months. however. by dIrt Of constant en-
treaty. Nh. EImouJs prevailed upon his
friend t1 make another will, and jos, reverse
ths br1uc,,.. leaving the nephew the bulk OF
his rroperiv. and EImonis ten thousand