The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
\ FRENCH WILL STORY

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 es, madame. lepliel little gentleman i" 3 krHH3YR kHH3Y RleF gFQ&f W{ and short brooches.
 " Is to be opened here immediately by her solicitor"
 Shall we inherit anything?"
 '' It must be supposed so; We have claims "
 "Who is this mlserably dressed parsonage whc intrudes herself here ?"
 70, she, replied the little man, sneoring- ly, " she won't have much in the will; she is sister to the deceased"
 What that Anne, who welded in 1872, man of nothing---;ln olIcer::"
 '' Precisely so
 She must have no small amount of impu- dence to present herself here, before a re- spectable family"
 The more so, as sister Egric, of noble birth had never forgiven her for that mesal- liancc;'
 Anne moved at this time across the room in which the family of the deceasel were as- sembled. She was pale; her eyes were filled with tears, and her face was furrowed by care with precocious wrinkles. -..
 What do you come here for ?" said Mad anne de Villeboys, with great haughtincss, who moment before had been interrogatng the little man who inherited with her.
 Madame,' the poor lady replied, with hu- mility, do net come here to claim part of what does not belong to me came solely to sec, NJ. Dubois, my sisters solicitor, to in- quire if she spoke of me at her last hour"
 "What. Do you think people busy them selves about you ~ arrogantly observed Mad anne de Villeboys the disgrace of great house-you, who married a man of nothing soldier of Bonaparte."
 '' Madame, my husband, although child of the people, was brave soldier, and what IS better, an honest man." observed Anne
 At this moment venerable parsonage, the notary Dubois, made his appearance.
 Lease,' he said, " to reproach Anne with a union which her sister has forgiven her Anne loved d generous, brave, and good man who had no other crime to reproach himself with than poverty and the obscurity of his name. Nevertheless, had he lived, if his family had known him as 1 know hinl-I. his old trlend-Anne would now be happy and respected
 But why is this woman here?" Said the Ho''i y Si"'S'y hiy"NAi A0iuoS.Co hcl Iu be here J F 7. E .f,
 M. Dubois then proceeded to open the will
 1, oeng sound in mind and heart, E grie de Iemtremeg, retired as a boarder in the Convent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, dictate the following wishes as the expression of my formal desre and principal clause of my testament:
 Af CT my decease, there will be found two hundred thousand francs in money at my notary s, beside JeweIry, clothes and furniture as also chateau worth two hundred thousand francs.
 In the convent, where I have been resid- ing, will be found my book, HcureS de Iu Iler9e, holy volume, which remains as it was when 1 took it with me at the time of emigration. 1 desire that these three objects be divided into three lots.
 The first lot the two hundred thousand dollars in money.
 he second lot, the chateau, furniture and jewels
 s'The third and last lot, my book, Hewes de la Fierye. M
 "I have pardoned my sister Anne the grief she has caused us, and would have comfort cd her sorrows, if had known sooner of her return to France. 1 compromise her in my will
 Madame de Villebas, my much beloved cousin shall have the fast choice