Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-09

so, for you would remember me in your
will when you died"
"What an infamous story. How dare
YOU, sir ?" cried his mother, raising her
threatening finger, and growing purple
in the face.
Mr.. Deoro only laughed, and patted
the prodigy ON his tow-head. Perhaps
he had an inward as well as outward
mirth.
1t was not until Mr. Deoro had wealth
cred eighty-two winters that he was
gathered to his fathers. Forty years of
his life he had employed in raising the
expectations of his friends. He remem-
bered so well the birthdays of his god
children. That was feat of mind any
how.
When the news of Mr.. Deoro's death
was made public, the married popula-
ton nearly went mad with Joy. Au-
gustus Deoro Hope got out his faith
er's powder-horn, and prepared to blow
up the maternal castle. 1t was wash
day with Mrs. Hope, but the suds re-
posed without a bubble. There was
omethidg on her mind of more conse-
quence than clean clothes. People
chased every lawyer they met to find
out how much money Mr.. Deoro had
left behind him.
Mrs. Multiply had twelve children
four sons and eight blooming, dashing,
delightful daughters. Every one of
them had Deoro in their names. This
amiable family went nearly wild
with delight when themelancholy intel
ligence reached them. Jake, the eldest,
determined at once to sell out his shop
and travel in Europe /; Ezra would hunt
up Congressman, and buy his way to
commission in the army. But the
Youngest son showed the only genius
manifested by the family.
81 shall go to China, and purchase
all the shooting crackers in the land,
and then put them ON board ship, SO as
to arrive in time for the fourth of July.
I'll double my pile, if nobody but me
has fire-crackers. A practical turn of
mind had this boy Augustus. Every
boy that bore the name of Deoro or
dered shotgun. Their parents were
willing. A great many mourners put
on black. An honest man had died,
one who would not defraud them of
their respective legacies.
Things got so bad in that hitherto
peaceful community, that the expect
ants F" narrowly escaped being CON-
mitted for riotous conduct.
Mr.. Deoro was buried, and there was
great lamentation among the expect
ants" not for the soulless body they
were committing TO the dust but rather
for the absence of that knowledge they
were so anxious to possess. The day
for reading the will came. The room
was crowded with a motley assemblage
of people, whose countenances expressed
the most eager anxiety, mixed with an
Importance that was truly ridiculous
and when Mr.. Waryman, the attorney,
began to read, the anxiety increased to
painful intensity.
This is the way the will read
81 hereby give and bequeath to my
nephew, Jerome Deoro (whom fol
many years believed dead, but who
within the last few months has written
me that he is alvey, all my estates and
personal property, amounting to twenty
two thousand dollars (S22 ,00O), save and
excepting only the sum of one Thousand
dollars (S1, 000), which came to me as q
prize from lottery which said sum
do direct to be divided among my foul
hundred and fifty god-children prt
rata"
Here followed list of the young ia
vorites, and a storm of deprecations anl
smOthered curses from the "expect
ants" Some of the names had Ions
left this troublesome sphere, and gon,
to put on their wings as cheruhs.
"And so he had nephew, after all,
fiercely CALCULATED doting mother
surrounded with six tow heads, all hav
ing Deere in their names. "Ah tn
old deceiver. To think of the pudding
and ducks 1 have wasted upon him."
Youth is seldom mercenary, and tn
older of the young legatees laughe,
away their disappointment. Not Sc
. their parents. Their fury at length be
came so great that they threatened t,
tear Mr.. Waryman and the will up to
gether, and that poor innocent man wa
compelled to leap from the window an,
make good use of his legs, to secur
, the precious document which had KEEP
his neighbors on the rack of suspens
for nearly the quarter of century.
After all, Mr.. Deoro was, perhaps
not SO very far from wisdom and wealth
He was wise enough to enable him t
! cheat the world pleasantly, and some
, body has said the "chief pleasure G
life consists in being agreeably de
! ceived."
i Again, might he not be said to b
4 sufficiently rich, who, during his life
, enjoyed every comfort. and surrounde
himself with hosts OF friends? 1t MAJ
tiers little that to this day there a.
: some disappointed ones who assert ths
Deoro was an old cheat. 1t matter
little to him now. While he lived b
5 was considered very wealthy man, an
e that filed the measure of his ambition
. "Peace to his ashes"