Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-03-13

my legal educatlon was sop'alhes
! entirely in q asurrogates b,oihce
and you may presume that 'or
| the law and forms of last wills
and testamelIts / felt myself suf
Gciently posted up. | a! according ooffydliing g
! ly assured her that | could draw
a will, which, though IIcould not
warrant it to pass the ordeal she
MENTIONED, would, I was sure, be
,proof' against the efforts, Of all the
lawyers in Christefndomt, ND .s.s, -.
7 And now her manner was
changed from the fierce and bold to
the anxious and hurried. 81 "%"F
"Come, then, quick! young man,
and you shall pccket two hundred
and fifty pounds for your nights
work. she exclaimed. "
p And amazed and bewildered as
| was, / found myself at the neigh
boring corner, stepping into a hack
before the startling but comforta-
ble. words, "Two hundred and
fifty pounds for Your night $
workrf had ceased ringing in my
ears, My conductress followed
me in, and without orders we were
ratified along the streets to-
House, then the largest hotel in
the city. My visions Of two hun
dred aid fifty bright sovereigns
kept my tongue bridled, and |
was ledtin silence up two flights OF
stairs intoHa suit of rooms COM
nrising parlor and two bedrooms: ee !.
The parlor, however, was occupied
by bed, in which lay an old
and evidently dying man. A ser
want was with him, but he left up
on a notion from the hand of my
companion, WHO approached the
bed and said; 4. eo.fnsu aat bns
aps'I have al. ATTORNEY here, sir.-
Shallhe proceed?" s7o.1fI p mFa ,
The old mans eyes frightened
up, and, after glaring on me fer a
mement, he spoke;,5,l 3r..4 !..at
7li'.Ifi you: draw myawill, do it;
quick now! forI, must save my
breath.RIIo,inai : 9nl ~ EH.7F :"
/ will not trouble YOU with the
details, nor, in fact, do Iremember
them; but it is enough to say that a
a large. amount of property, real
and personal bonds, mortgages, &C.,
were lett in tile words of the will
l, had proceeded to- draw UP, to
T''mS good and faithful housekeeper,
Angeline 47-.-, as a token of grat-
itude for her1ilong, faithful,l and
meritorious service But tie
concluding words Of the. viii /
shall never forget; they were writ
ten from his own mouth, and made
me ,shudaer as IlEwrote them.-
There is something fearful aread-
ful, in this deliberately lecorling,
in what purports to be ychri last assit
written wishr-;l curse, upon your
own offspring. And / felt, as |
wrote it, an involuntary desire to
tear the paper into fragments, and
to rush from the room, but the two
hundred and fifty isovereigns were
like SO many anchors, and | stayed
aid ivrote, sls.g 9ai % a9eb'al hl 2
7fo.sI leave to my daughter Dora
Iail the satisfaction she can obtain
from my hearty course. When
rags whip aboutohera in her only
home, the fstreets ana dogs share
with her the refuse of the gutter,
she may regret that It she disobeyea
him who once loved her, but who
dying cursed her!' ~ ? iaa
There was something of a chuck
| lie in the direction Of old Angeline
as the dying wretch dictated these
fearful words; but as | looked and
|saw the stern face, as rigid as mar
bic, / concluded 1 mdst have been
fmistakenl could not, however,
ldiyest myself Of a certain feeling