The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-04

and make him understand the olsgrace
that would infallably befan him were
he to accept such legacy; and II he
persists, we will go to law. More
still exclaimed the heir, turning the
leaf over.
Ibeoueath $4,000 to Miss Chester
field. DAUGHTER of brave officer, killed
on the field of battle. whom | do not
wish to know want
To her? Why the cross-grained
Airt has rejected me! She shall not
touch a penny of it. All here's another
pr0tcge."
There is now living in London, a
youn" barrister, whom my nephew
Algernon knows perfectly well.-He
is poor, but virtuous and talented
bequeath to the said Edward lngestrle
the sum of 95, 600.
Five thousand pounds! y exclaimed
Algernon, throwing the will on the
floor. Five thousand to lngestrie,
my rival, my successful rival in the
affections of Isabel Chesterfield. New
er.' ES
Algernon got up, p,approached the win
dow, opened it ithstanding thecold, {,
overlooked a landscape of beautiful
meadows, on which innumerable tiocks
were resting. The Thames rolled its
waves through tho estate, and further
on were forests, forming part of the
succession he was entitled to.
All this is mine now; the wool of
| these focks-these forests-the pro
duce of the felds-all belong to me by
right. / am the heir, and almost the
only relation, to the late possessor.
Shall | defraud myself by paying triv-
olous legacies? Suppose now,' said he'
after he had shut the window and re-
| sumed his seat near the fire, suppose
nv uncle had not made a will at all
to whom would all these riches come
To me, only to me they lawfully belong
and all abstracted thercfrom, is theft
at my EXPENSE
And the evil spirits of averice, GU
pidity and selfishness, took possession
of this ungrateful nephew. He forgo
that he never had been loving and du
tiful to -lis uncle, but the reverse. Hi
disgracoful couduct had, indeed, fire
quently irritatcd his rich relative. In
terested views alone had caused hin
to approach for two years past; an
now, without any moral considerable
whatever-iu Just listening to ascertain
whether any one was coming-he thre'
the will into the fire.
In the meantime | must introduce tn
E reader to the young barristcr, who, b
the nefarious act just described, is lo
in a state closely allied to destitutiol
Edward Ingestrie was denizen of 4
apartment on the second floor, in
street not far removed from the localit
of Scotland yard. There, III the agon
Of defeated hopes, heightened by Il
impulses of an affection ever increasir
he paced to and fro, glancing ever al
. anon at the last note from his beIoYc
his own Isabel. AZ length he ejoc
lated my soul is made up for Il
" worst we cannot be united. | W
y write to that effect. The sweet drea
of years is annihilated All is now
blank-a curse-darllncss! This mig
- will I quit England for ever
{. To return to the chamber of death
il There was aknock. Algernonhost
shut up the desk, replaced the k
10 under his uncle's pillow, and opened
door. 1t was Mr.. Martin, who came
20 give some instructions to his heir.
ne 1 am very sorrow to see you h.
alone, Mr.. AIgernon; but to be s.
10. you arc one Of the parties most int
~ cstcd'