New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-08
4 FRENCH WILL sroRY.

d els she dead, then?n
vi Yes, madame. replied LITTLE gentleman, in
brown coat and short breeches.
" 4 And her will XXI
e solicitor. M
{, Shall we inherit anything & s NJ
y g II must be supposed 80 we have cIarns.y
g Whois this misersbIy dressed parsonage who
90 sbe. replied the little man, sneeringly nshe
won't have much in the viii; she is sister to the
: deeeased.v
+ !" What !! that Anne, who welded in 1872, man
< of nothing-a officer ~
: :" Precisely SOL
.sshe must have no small amount Of fanpudenee
famiy.n & Il s' 7'
81. The more %, as sister Egre, Of noble BIRTH
had never forgiven her for that mesalIiaHce.n
Z Anne moved at this time across The room In
H which the family Of the deceased were assembled.
She was pale; her eyes were filled with tears,
and her face was farroHed BY care with precocious
i wrinkles.
.what do you cone here for -, said Madame
/ de Vileboys, with great iianghtiness, who mo-
ment before had been interrogatfng the little man
4 who inherited with her.
g Madame, n.the poorgady replied with humility,
4 . DO not come here to claim part Of what does
not belong to me i came solely to see u. Dubois,
ny sisters solicitor 70 inquire f she spoke o. me
What do Won think people busy themselves
abont youyn afrogantiy observed Madame de
i Vieboys; : the disgrace of a great house youy
i parte ~
Madame, my husband, although i child Of the
people, was brave soldier. and, what Is better,
an honest man. observed Anne.
4 at this moment venerable pers0nare the
notary Dubois, made his appearance.
Cease, = he said, !. 10 reproaeh Anne with a
4 nnion which her sister has forgiven her. Anne
4 loved generous, brave and good man who had no
other crime to reproach himself with than poverty
and the obsearfty Of biz name. Nevertheless, had
4 ne lived, if his family had known him al knew
him, big Old friend 4nne would now be happy
and respected.n s1 "a
But why is this woman hereen said the
notary, graYeiy 81 myself requested her to be
/ here ~
II. Dubois then proceeded to open the will.
81, being sound in mind and heart. Egrie de
Demfremeg, retired as boarder in the Convent OF
the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus dictate
the following wishes as the expression of my for
NAL desire and principal clause of my testament:
1 After my decease there will be found two hum
dred thousand francs in money at my notary q, be-
sides jewery, clothes and fuFnifure,as also cha
team worth two hundred thousand francs. e
Il e In the convent, where have been residing
will be found my book, Heres de tn FIERCE N holy
/ volume, which remains as ii was when j took it
with me at the time of emigration. / desire that
The frstiot. the two hundred thousand francs
in money.
The second lot, the chateau, furniture and jew
els.
The third and last lot, my book, He,a-es de- Ia
i Verge.
i 81 have pardoned my sister Anne the grief sha
has caused us, and would have eomforted her
VI sorrows, If had known sooner Of her return Id
France. compromise her in my will.
Madame DC Villeboys, my much beloved cousin,
shall have the first choice.
IN. Vatry, my brother-inl law, shall have second
choice.
canine will take the remaining lott,
"Ah ali! said Vatry, "sister Egrie was q very
good one; that is rather clever on her part.'i
Anne will then only have the prayer book, u ex-
claimed Madame de Vieboys. laughing aloud.
The notary Interrupted her popularity.
MADAME said he, (which of these lots do you
choose ?''
.'The two hundred thousand francs ID money!,
Have you quite made up genr mind RI
Perfectly so.n
The man Of the law, addressing himself to tile
good feelings Of the lady, said:
MADAME, you are rich and Anne has nothing.
Gould you not leave this and take the book Of pray
ers, which the eccentricity Of the deceased has
placed on par with the other lot ~
You must be joking, M. Dubeis,o exclaimed
Madame de Fillehoys lyon must really be dull
not to the intention of sister Egrie all this
Our honored cousin foresaw full well that her book
of prayers would fall to the lot of Anne, who had
the last choice.n
And what do you conclude from that n inquir-
ed the notary.
conclude she intended IL intimate 10 her sister
that repentance and prayer the oaly help that
she had to expect in this world.
As she finished theseWords Madame dc W. made
a definite selection OF the ready money for her
: share. H. Vatry, as may be easily Imagined,
selected the chateau, furniture and jewels as his
! Monsieur Vatry,,, said NJ. Dubois to that gen.
! tleman, even suppose it had been the intention
of the deceased to punish her sister, it would be
noble on your part millionaire you are, to give
at least portion of your share to Anne, who is in
want of it.'
Thanks for your kind advice dear sill, 7, replied
Vatry, :" the mansion is situated on the very con-
fines of my woods, and suits admirably all the more
SO that it is ready furnished AS 10 the jewels Of
sister Egrie they are "reminiscences which one ought
never to part With s
Since it is So" said the notary, e my poor
tTaIn Anna hare ict thar hrr
mains to you.
Anne attended by her son, handsome boy with
blue eyes, took her sisters old prayer-beok, and
making her son kiss it after her, she said
Hector kiss this book, which belonged to your
poor aunt who is dead, but who would have loved
you well had she known you. When you have
you wise and good as your father was, and happier
than your unfortunate mother.n Ss8 Il
Il The eyes Of those who were present were filed
with tears notwithstanding their efforts TO preserve
an appearance of Indifference. 4
The child embraced the old book with boYish
; fervor and opening it afterward-
On, mamma" he said, what pretty pic
tures ~ 4
Indeed ~ said the mother, happy in the glad
ness of her boy.
Eyes. The good virgin, in a red dress, holding
the infant Jesus in her arms. But why, mamma,
has silk paper been put upon the pictures III
i $50 that they might not be injured, my DEAR
But, mamma why are there ten silk papers TO-
each engravng2n
The mother looked, and uttering sudden
} shrek, she fell into the arms Of n. Dubois, the
J notary, who, addressing those present, said !:
"Leave her alone, it won't be much; people
don't die of these shocks. As for you, little one,
addressing Hector, !" give me that prayer book;
you will tear the engraVings.'
The inheriors withdrew; making various con-
lectures to the cause Of Anne's sudden Illness,
and the interest the notary took in her. month
afterward they met Anne and her son exceedingly
well. yet not extravagantiy dressed, taking an air.
ing in barouche This led them to make impurities,
and they aseertained that Madame Anne had re-
4 Gently purchased hotel for one hundred and
eighty thousand francs, and That's she was giving q
frstrate education to her son. The news came
like thunderbolt upon them. Madame de Vile
boys and NJ Vatry hastened to call upon the notary
; for explanations. The good Dubois was working
at his desk
Perhaps we are disturbing you, said the AFRO
CANT old lady,
mo matter was Just in the act of settling q
, purchase in the State funds for Madame Anne"
What" exclaimed Yatry; CATER purchasing
house and equipage has she still money to invest5
Undoubtedly SOL
"But where did the money come from2',
"Where, did you not see?n
"Whenw
"When she shreked ont at seeing what the
| prayer.book contained which she inherited.n
I" We observed nothing.n
"Oh, Thought you saw i, y said the sarcastic