Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-09-08


her. She must no, expect anything from
me-mnst she. john
Destitute. is she!' said John. With
children. tool Why. this is another case,
Sir. You surely ought to notice her-io
assist Der. COniOund il. I'm for letting
her have the hundred year
s0h, john, Johal What breakdown
said Mr.. Collett. $50 Won were trying to
follow Peter Finch through Stony Arabia.
and turned back the seconed step Here's
brave traveller for you, Peterl John,
John; keep to your Arabia Felix, and leave
steamer ways TO different men. Cool bye,
both of you. I've no voice TO talk any
more. I'll think over what you have
said
lie pressed. their hands. and left the
room. The old man was to weak too speak
the next day, and in three days after that
he eamly breathed his last.
AS soon as the funeral was over, the
will was read by the confidential Of bus
iness who had always attended to Mr..
Collects affairs. The groop that sat around
him preserved decorus appearance 0! dis
interestedness; and the usual preamble to
the will having been listened to with
breathless attention, the man of business
read the following in clear voice:
Il bequeath to my niece, Emma Briggs,
notwithstanding that she 81 ocked her fam
lily by marrying an GILMAN, the sum Of
four thousand pounds; being fully persua-
ded that her lost dignity, if she could even
find it again, would do nothing to provide
her with food, or clothing, or shelter
John Meade smiled and Peter Finch
ground his te,th-bit in a quiet respecta-
bic manner.
The man of business went on with his
reading.
Having always held the opinion that
women should be rendered rational and
Independent being-Gnd having duly con-
sidered the fact that society practically de-
nies her the right of earning her own liv-
ing-1 nearby bequeath to Mary Sutton,
the only child of my old friend Frederick
Sutton, the sum of ten thousand pounds,
which willenabla her to marry or remain
single, as she may prefer.
John Meade gave prodigious start up
on hearing this, and Peter Finch ground
his teeth again-but in a manner hardly
respectable. Both however, by violent
effort, kept silent,
The man Of business went on with his
reading.
Il have paid some attention to the char
acter of my nephew, John Meade, and
have been grieved to find him much pos
sessed with feeling of philanthropy, and
with general preference for whatever is
and false. AS these tendencies are by no
means such as can advance him in the
world, bequeath him the sum of ten
thousand pounds-hoping that he will
thus be kept out of the workhousc and
be enabled to paint his great historical pic
ture-which, as yet, he has only talked
about.
AS to my other nephew, Peter Finch,
he views all things in SO sagacious and
selfish way, and is SO certain to get on
in life, that l should only insult him by
offering an aid he does not require; yet,
from MS alleCtlonate uncle, ana entirely as
testimony of admiration for his mental
scuteness, ! venture to hope that he will
accept boquest Of five hundred pounds
toward the completion Of his extensive Ii
brary of law books
How Peter Finch stormed, and called
names--how John Meade broke out in
delirium Of Joy--how Mary Sutton cried
first, and then laughed together; all these
matters l shall not attempt to describe
Mary Sutton is now Mrs. John Meade;
and her husband has actually begun the
great historical picture. Peter Finch has
taken to discounting bills, and bringing
actions on them; and drives about in his
brougham already.