Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-21
MIILERsBURG COUNTY OHIO JAr

like your father-rest his soul-but deed
was wrong"
@Kedagh-now-my dear friend-the
generosity-"
@Counsel, dear, I always intended it"
'My dear friend, this is, indeed a very
melancholy duty, and trust me, that all
my talents can do shall be done for you,
to secure your little property"
"Ah! Anthony, my darling give me
your hand-where are you, ayick II was
sure it was in your fathers son to be gen
erous-now sit down counsellor, dear, and
let us to business, an don't forget the five
hundred"
The will was drawn and approved, moi
forgetting the five hundred; and Kedagh,
after uttering profusion Of thanks fol
what Malone assured was a will that all
the lawyers in Ireland couldn't break, re-
quested it should be left with him to get
copied, after which, when completed, ii
should be left with himself. Malone, Of
course acceeded, and day was appointed
when he should return and receive the sa-
cred trust from the hands of the diving man.
The day came, and with it the punctual
counsellor, who was no little surprised to
find Kedagh out of bed, and much improy-
ed in personal appearance.
81 am better, avick," said he, "thank
goodness deal better, and able to sit
up; but sure who knows how long it will
last, with all the trouble am in. May be
now, counsellor, dear, you could advise me
bit-here's the will, avick-put it up in
your breast pocket, now, safe, for deal de-
pends on that bit of parcel-but was
salking about the the law-its this way,
ayick."
And Kedagh proceeded with long ex-
PLANTATION of his new troubles, and received
from his kind hearted friend such assurance
of assistance as completely satisfied him.
From this time forward Kedagh became
better by beautiful graduations of conva-
lescence, until at last he was reported quite
well to his disappointed expectants.
His cause was undertaken spiritedly by
Malone, and it is needless to say that it
succeeded-the friendship of the counsel
lor became now as conspicuous as the con-
trary feelings were formerly, and excited
the surprise of all who knew both, which
was still more heightened when Kedagh
was called to his people at last Malone's
attending his corps to the grave as one of
the chief mourners and conducting all the
affairs of the funeral. No sooner was our
hero safely deposited, than Malone announ-
ced to the relatives that the will was lodg-
ed with him, and collected all of them in
his parlor for the purpose of reading the
important instrument to them.
All preliminaries being arranged the par
ties seated, sentiments of coincidence ex-
pressed on all sides, and Kedagh's homes
ty and goodness boldly asserted by every
one, and defiance hurled at all gainsyers-
the will was produced, acknowledged and
handed to Mr.. Mathews, Malone's clerk for
perusal. He. began, and according as he
proceeded and settled with each devisee or
legatee, as the case was, my poor father,
blubbered one of the fortunates, and anoth
er in due succession as they ascertained
their luck, the clerks voice could scarcely
be heard among the general din. Malone
was, however, listening all the time with
that quit sort of satisfaction which we feel
when we know that hope and certainty are
to shake hands, until the clerk had dis
patched the sentence Immediately preced-
ing his part of the will, and continued on,
as it were, skipping the important sentence.
"Now, now, Mathews, my good fellow" +"
said the counselor, interrupting him, "do
not be SO precipitate, pray-go on-in
such serious matters as these it is very un-
becoming to be so giddy-go on, if you
please to my dear and valued friend,
go on pray-don't you see it?
"Faith, sir" said the puzzled clerk look
ing over the whole document, 81 don't see
e'er dear and valued friend in it from top
to bottom"
"Mr, Mathews, you are insuferably stu
pid, and really this will not do at all
give me the will, sir" and seizing it from
the hands of the terrified clerk, he looked
over and over it, but in vain-the litter
could no longer be suppressed-it was too
bad.
"Kedagh! Kedagh! you lived rogue
and you died rogue" shouted the out
witted lawyer, and bolted out of the room,
amid the illsuppressed laughter of the com
pany.
Kedagh, true to the last, copied every
line of the well drawn instrument but that
part containing the legacy, and gained all
his ends and-chedted counselor.