Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-24
THE EVENING STAR.
THE ECCENTRIC WILL.

my pocket. That win pay for the funeral and
you two lawyers"
We'll, sir p'
AGO on NV will.'
Mr. Martin at once drew the will 1t was
simple and short; and, TO my surprise, it maize
Sir George Taunton one executor, and Mr..
Martin the other They were both bound to
hand over to Millcent Devises, on the day she
became OF age. the whole of the money in funds
which was standing ia the name OF Mr.. Deyises
her father.
and the old gray headed servant witnessed
the will, and then 1 said, sis the young lady
with you, sir ~
"No. France" he said, abruptly.
..Paris % asked I.
.No; Dlon. Madame Beaupere, DIXON.
What's o'clock y;
"Just three" said the solicitor
Mine hours and quarter growlad old
Davises. "Be off. Good day"'
We lett the house, and Mr.. Martin handed
the Will to his clerk, saying "Take care OF this,
Jones. 1t is important; and don't erase that
address of MISS Millicent Devises which I
have written on the outside in pencil
mo, sir"
clerk to Sir George Taunton -
"Yes, SIR
"Ah, thought so. Well, 1 shall have to go
70 see Sir George tomorrow, fancy, about
this business"
Mr. Martin and walked back to the Temple
in discourse about old Devises and his peculiar
tiles, and went about my ordinary affairs,
and soon ceased to think of the will and its
eccentric anthor. / saw, in the obituary of one
OF the morning papers, that Mr.. Devises WAS
dead. i wondered for moment or two if all
had gone right in regard to his will, and then
was about to dismiss the affair from my mind
when there came sharp and sudden knock at
my outer door, and in a few seconds my clerk
announced "Mr. Martin, sir, if you please, and
Madame BowpOt."
Madame who - said l
alt was something like that sir. Bowpot or
Bowsnare.''
"Let them come i'm
aCcOmDaDiP0
elderly lady of most unmstakable French APP
pearanee, and who, on the instant she saw me,
began torrent Of speech that was perfectly
bewildering
"Ah, monsieur. have come 10 go to you.
Aa belle DIXON :sest pas ici. (My beautiful
Dion is not here.) l spoke the language Eng
twelve hundred and fifty francs,) monsieur,
and she was promise to send. Ma chers Mill
cent! / see her Tomorrow was to- day, and l
know her not Douse- cent-cinqaante francs was
for me. All. bahn
It was only the proyidential circumstance
that Madame Beaupere, wanted at that mo-
ment a pinch of snuff, with which she RECALLED
herself, that enabled Martin to put in q word
ALLOW me-" he said.
"Poofr' exclaimed Madame Beaupere, as
she firted some snuff into the eye of the solicit
tor-spoof! l shall go to speak. Mademoselle
Hillicent is alter, and so off, away, different.
Donze- cent-ctslqn dnte francs All Non Dieu!
Doaze.cent- cling uas,te francs!''
"What is the meaning of all this p said I.
this gentleman to speak,
Madame Beaupere rose and executed a pro-
found curtesy, and then sat down again, and
waited; with her snuff box in her hand, while
the solicitor spoke; but saw that he was very
wary. that he did not get another pinch of snuff
in his eye.
with whom Miss Millicent Deyises was
brought up since her infancy"
''C'est prdi ~ exclaimed Madame Beaupere
mir. Deyises, after making his will, died at
no mr. piS hOn no ir,di tod mud T
Gated at once with Sir George Taunton, and
wrote TO Miss Millicent to Dion"
- Bon - cried Madame Beaupere; and after
tremendous rustling Of her dress, she pro.
duced letter.
uI receive him."
'sYes," added MIR. Martin, s.that is the letter
There is no doubt about the identity of NJ adame
Beaupere. Well, sir, the young lady came to
England, and went directly to Sir George
Taunton's house: and he sent for me, and all
was or all seemed to be. right; and only yester-
day she became of age, for she was baptized at
bloomsbury church; and. in accordance with
the provisions OF Mr.. Devises's will, Sir George
and i have transferred 10 her the whole Of his
fortune, and she is now living in Park Lane in
great STYLE
" Traimentn' cried Madame Beaupere; dou-e-
se, t-cinquante francs"
Well, what then - said I.
.N7ells this lady called on me only two hours
ago. she had been to Ormond street, and there
she got my address, as the legal adviser OF the
late Mr.. Devises; and she said Miss MiIlicent
remit her twelve hundred and fifty francs and
has not done so, or taken any notice Of her
That sum WIS due TOR the last quarters
stipend
my dear SIR said 1, sit really appears to
me that, busy as am, you are occupying my
time with very trivial affair"
mo. Wait a BIT
Ala! har' said Madame Beaupere Nous
rerronst Ha !ha"'
II thought it strange and odd" added Mr.
Martin; land offered TO go with Madame to
Miss Devises, at her splendid house in Park
Lane. And we WENT
'.Well, you got the twelve hundred and fifty
"No. We saw Miss Devises, but Madame
don't know her."
Don't know her ?"
"No; and she AYERS that it is not the same
person who was for sixteen years with her, at
her Pensio1a, at Diion!''
/ started TO my feet.
IAN impostor :" cried i. @
"Imposteursi FriPpons '-trompenrs' :" Cheat
impostor y cried Madame Beaupere; and an
immense dab of snuff went into the other eye
of Mr.. Martin, as she snapped her fingers
close to his face.
But-but,'' said 1. s.are you sure of this "a
"Quite. i don't know exactly what to do
in the matter, and wish you would al yise.'
LET us go at once to see Sir George Taun-
tom said 1. "This is an affair that must be
Mr. Martin looked particularly blank at the
whole affair, since he had been one of the trus-
tees to the will; and so far could be Judged
II present. III Seeultu dS IL Ic stllu I6OTSe
Taunton had given up the money TO the wrong
person.
j feltinterested in he case, on account of the
compile xion il seemedto wear-to the effectthat,
by some juggiery, young and innocent girl
had been defrauded Of her fortune; so made
no scruple in accompanying both Madame
ReaupeTe and Mr.. Martin to the house Of Sir
George Taunton.
There we found the Judge fortunately alone
and detailed what had happened to him.
There came look of deep anxiety over the
face of the Judge when he became aware of
what we had come about, and he rang his
hand bell quickly for his clerk.
A stranger to me appeared in answer to the
summons, and I said, "Have you discharged
your clerk, Jones, Sir George -
mo; he discharged himself. He left me
about three weeks ago."
Now that, at the moment, struck ME as rather
strange: for it will be remembered that Mr..
Martins clerk and the clerk of the Judge were
brothers; and remembered about that time
since, Mr.. Martin had remarked to me that he
was put about a good deal in his business,
account OF his clerk, Jones, leaving him sud.
denly.
began to put this and that together, as the
old women say.
TTo BE Continued
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