The Portland daily press., 1865-02-02
had great influence over him, she had the prop


had great influence over him, she had the prop
erty, think Margery- -Margery- fca es
sMargery WILDER, / think, said the lawyer
| 'Yes,' said Hannah, Il remember now.'
\ You are quiet people, not likely TO talk too
much,' said The lawyer. Il viii tell you some
thing. We have found will among the ei-
Efeets Of legal gentleman who died very sud
denly in a fit ef apopiexy. Don't hope too
much, mind. A will in your fav0r-that is,
now ia your favor, as your fathers only child
Hannah clutched her husbands hand.
1T is written by one on his deathbed, dated
the 10th of March, IL, and leaves all his
property to your father, his grandson, then
boy. Hushl don't hope too much. Margery
Wilber or her heirs now hold this properly
under will dated March Is, IT, 'lfs1 vaTs
"a later will 7 said Oliver. Then, of course,
they are the rightful possess0rs. What need
OF all this ?-the latest win must stand.' s'
Not If 1t Is forgery said the lawyer. "a
Oliver laughed, the bitter laugh Of care and
disappointment. w so1 a.gos
who can prove that?' he said. * i sesa. ....ss
No one, perhaps. Yet the record of the old
mans death might y fSies ,Ie aaL F9saaa
"A man whose dying hand signed q win on
the 10th OF March would scarcely make an
other on the 18th. We believe it a forgery,
written on old parchment, since the discovery
OF the one have spoken of. Margery Wiber
Ef<~~>NrNN@N-Af
one appeared TO contest her title. Where was
| your gr reat-grandfather buriedP'I % sa "a
q Here said Hannah They say he was
brought down at his request-Mrs. WILDER as
chief mourner, and his son--grandfather-no
/ ever sent for. An old graveyard somewhere.
Oh, Oliver Oliver psissa ~ is aet eas
She turned quite white, and uttered cry.
"Oliver, that must be the graveyard on Gray's
place that he dug over last winter In the
| warm
Then It is gone, said Oliver. sAnd our last
hope with it. No, gentlemen, good luck
could never come to us. Poverty means to
cling to us to the last. ! wish you better clt
oliver, Oliverp gasped Hannah Gneldt,
tell me one thing. Zebulon was great grand
fathers name. zebulon is spelled with a q,
] think you are going mad, Hannah; of
course IL tis.,-a---.---->-.---.vs- is.
oh, the big z, remember it so well! l
/ knew it was q; and 1t would have been broken
TO pieces before now. Oliver, don't you re-
member my doorstep that you were SO an I
CRY at? believe it is my poor old great
fathers tombstone. And / not to know 1t,
when stared at the great Zp@a
Oliver Gneldt said nothing. He feared his
wife's brain was turned, and that made him
faint and cold as he followed her into the gar
den, and there watched while the three others
lifted at the fat slab. -...-'--.s-
= 1t lay before them on the green spring grass,
black letters on its whitensss, and, bending
over 1t, they read aloud. 20
'Zebglon Burns. Born May. Died March
IA, Ky with eulogistic verses, with long SIS
underpeath, as in duty bound.
=, It's poor great-grandfather said Hannah.
And the lawyer extended his hands, grasping
those of Oliver and his wife.
30 The proof is foundp he said.l The latest |
will is a forgery, for it is dated the DAY after
the old mans death. Mrs. Gneldt is heiress
to large property. Ieongratulate you.
&, And Hannah, with her head on her hus-
bands shoulder, whispered, Oliver, it wouldn't |
have been better to have married Miss Lester !
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