M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-10-10

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will.
MADAME de Villeboys, my mucl
beloved cousin, shall have the frs
choice.
"M. Yatry, my brother.in- law, shal
have second choice.
"Anne will take the remaining lot
"Ahl ALL" said Vatry, "sister Eg
ric was a very good one; that is rath
er clever on her part"
"Anne will then only have the
prayer-boO 4" exclaimed NJ adame d.
VilleboyS, laughing aloud.
The notary interrupted her jocular,
ity. II
"Madame, ,"said he" (which Of these
lNts do you choosel"
The two hundred thousand francs
in money" ...
"uave You quite madc up your
minds"
Perfectly So"
The man Of tho law, addressing
himself to the good feelings of the
iady, said:
Madame, you arc rich, anG An.
ME has nothing. Could you not leave
this and take the book Of prayers,
which the eccentricity of the deceased
has placed on a par with the other
lotW
"You must be joking, NJ. Dubois"
exclaimed Madame do Villeboys ;
"you must really be dull not to see
the intention Of sister Egrie in 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"
"And what do you conclude from
that2" inquired the notary.
IL conclude that she intended to
intimate to her sister that repentance
and prayer were the only help that
she had to expect in this world"
As she finished these words, Mad
anne de Y. made a definite selection
Of the ready money for her SHARE
M. Vatly, as may be easily imagined
selected the chateau, furniture and
jewels as his lot.
"Monsieur Vatry," said N. Dubois
to that gentleman, "even suppose it
had been the intention of the decoas
ed to punish her sister, it would be
noble on your part, millionaire as you
are, to give at least a portion of your
share to Anne, who is in want of it."
"Thanks for your kind advice, dear
sir" replied Vatry, "the mansion is
situated on the confines of my woods,
aud suits admirably all the more so
that it is ready furnished. AS to the
jewels Of sister Egrie, they are rem
iniscences which one ought never to
part with"
"Since It iS so,' said the notary,
"my poor Madame Anne, here Is the
book which remains to you."
Ammo, attended by hel son, O hand.
some boy with blue eyes, took her
sisters old prayer book, and making
her son kies it after her, she said.
"Hector, kiss this book, which be.
longed to your poor aunt, who Is dead,
but who would have loved you we'll,
had she known you. When you have
learned to read you will pray to heav.
en- to make yon wise and good as your
father was, and happier than your
mother"
The eyes Of those who were pres.
ent were filled with tears, notwith-
standing their efforts to preserve an
of indifference.
The child embraced the old book
with boyish fervOr, and opening it al.
"Oh, mamma," he said, "what pret.
y picturesl"
"Indeed!" said the mother, happy
N the gladness Of her boy.
"Yes. The good virgin, in a red
lress, holding the infant Jesus in her
arms. But why, mamma, has silk
PAPER been put upon the pictures!"
$50 that they might not be injured,
ny dear"
but, mamma, why are there ten
iilk papers to each engraving1''
The mother looked, and uttering q
hidden shrek, she fell into the arms
# NJ. Dubois, the notary, who, ad.
lressing those present, said:
"Le.ve her alone, it won't be much:
,eople don't die of these shocks. As
or You, little one" addressing Hec.
or, 'give me that prayer book; you
will tear the engravings."
The inheritors withdrew i; making
'arious conjectures as to Amos sud.
len illness, and tn, interest the nota.
y took in her. A month aftcrward
hey met Anne and her son exceed.
ngly well, yet not extravagantly,
ressed, taking an airing in a bar
uche. This led them to make in
uries, and they ascertained that
ladame Anne had recently purchas.
j q hotel for one hundred and eighty
housaud francs, and thatsEe was Civ.