Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-04-30
A FRENCH WILL STORY.
" Is she dead, then ?"

ais going to be opened here immedi-
ately by her solicitor"
"Shall we inherit anything?"
1t must be supposed SO; we have
claims"
Who is that miserably dressed per-
sonage who intrudes herself here ?"
"Oh, she," said the little man, sneer-
ing, " she won't have much in tho will,
she is sister to the deceased"
What that Anne who welded in
1912 a man of nothing-an officer"
Precisely So"
q" She must have no small amount of
impudence to present herself here, be-
fore respectable family"
" The more so as Sister Egerie, of no.
BILE birth, had never forgiven her that
nesaRiance.
Anne moved at this time across the
room in which the family of the deceas-
ed were assembled. She was pale; her
fne eyes were filed with tears, ana her
face was furrowed by care with precocions
wrinkles.
What do you come here for ?" said,
with great haughtiness, Madame de Vile
boys, the lady who moment before, had
been interrogating the little man who in
herited with her.
Madame" the poor lady replied, with
humility, " 1 do not come here to claim a
part of what does not belong to me;
come solely to see NJ. Dubois, my poor
sisters solicitor, to inquire if she spoke
of me at her last hour"
"What do you think people busy
themselves about you ?" arrogantly OBJ
served Madame de ViIleboys; 8 the dis
grace of great house-you, who wed
ded man of nothing, a soldier of Bona
parties"
Madame, my husband, although
child of the people, was brave soldier
and, what is better, an honest man." OBJ
served Anne.
At this moment a venerable person
age, the notary Dubois, made his appear
ance.
Cease" he said, " to reproach Ann
with a union which her sister has fogive
her. Anne loved generous, brave, an
good man, who had no other crime to re
proach himself with than his poverty an
the obscurity of his name. Nevertheless
had he lived, if his family had know
him as l knew him, ], his old friend, Al
ne would be at this time happy and r
spected."
" But why is this woman here?'
Because it is her place to be here
said the notary graveiy; " request'
her to attend here"
NJ. Dubois then proceeded to open Il
will:
81, being sound in mind and heart E
erie de Damfre ming, retired as a boar
er in the convent of the Sisters of t
Sacred heart of Jesus, dictate the folio
ing wishes as the expression of my fc
NAL desire and principal clause of L
testament.
"After my decease there will be fou
two hundred thousand francs in mon
at my notarys, besides jewelry, cloth
furniture, as also chateau worth t
hundred thousand francs.
"In the convent where l have be
residing, there will only be found l
book, Heures de la Vierge,' holy V
ume, which remains as it was when tc
it with me at the time of the emig"ati
desire that these three objects be di
ded into three lots.
The first lot, the two hundred tn
sand francs in money.
"The second LOT, the chateau furnitr
and jewels.
The third lot, my book, 'Heures d.
Verge
81 have pardoned my sister Anne
grief which she has caused to US, an
would have comforted her in her
rows if / had known sooner OF her
turn to France. I comprise her in
will.
MADAME deValleboys, my much
loved cousin, shall have the first cho
NJ. Vatry, my brother-in-law, S
have the second choice.
"Anne will take the remaining lot
~Ah ah !" said Vatry, Sister Eg
was good one that is rather clever
her partY
Annie will only hare the Pra,
book '" exclaimed Madame de Fiueb
laughing aloud. The notary interuI
her jOcularity.
Madame" he said, which lot do
cboose?"
The two hundred thousand franc