Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
home with.Eim. Accepting his offer,
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home with him. Accepting his offer,
they came to live in this house.
about eight years ago, Maud's
adopted mother was thrown out of
carriage and killed. A search was
made for her will, but it could not be
found. and though she had often re-
marked that Maud should be her heir
ess, her fortune came into possession
of her brother Harvey, from whom I
purchased back the old place.
''Maud was at that time a member of
Hig by's household, hut knowing her
to be far from happy-for he was a
cold, hardsmap, who seemed to look
upon his niece as an intruder-I offer
ed her ahome with me- My offer was
eheerfully accepted.
sT"Now comes the most singular part
of my story. | was some time ago
Tunima ging in the attic, when | came
across; box Of rubbish, which had no
Ildoubt been left by the Higbys. was
looking over its contents, when l
found thIs paper and taking a stain
ed and cfampled piece of paper from
the drawer of his desk, he placed it in
my hand [ unfolded it, and read
these words $ f--5
The VIII is nowhere to be found
Have hunted everywhere to day. She
could not have destroyed it, for Han
hah, Me. Thernby and myself witness
ed it on theday before her death. =
1853 , .szsgaL Thomas WALL1NG. z .
,soDecember %, IS-. aesga i'll
50 at is evidently the page from a lia-
Ty,::'II remarked 1e@'t =
ao'sY.es,'' 8 replied my friend, sand con
vincessme that there was a will made
"a viii making Maud the heiress to a
handsomezfortune. IF it were only in
existARee--could be found; but it is
my belief that Harry Highly destroy
,edit.p -4-- 9-t t-
''And the witnesses p l asked q
i ssAre.all dead,o answered George.
| Nicholas Thornby, died about year
since, but he told me himself that he
placed his name as a witness to the
document, about eight years ago, in
the very room where you slept last
night. .r-.E a.-.r --s-~ .a-...al
= The scene had witnessed the night
before arose to my mind, sprang
to mx feet and rushed from the room,
/ leaving George staring after me in
blank astonishment. E -s...
Wien I returned three minutes la
ter, it was with discolored paper in
my hand, which upon examination,
proved to be the lost will, which
found beneath the bricks of the hearth
in the room l had occupied the pre-
Vious night ....
Itold George everything have al
ready related to the reader, and to say
that he was amazed but poorly express
es the state of his mind.
Harvey Highly was waited upon the
next day, and after offering many OBJ
jections, he. finally consented to pay
over to George, as Maud's guardian
the entire sum to which she was, un.
der the will, entitled, rather than incul
the expense and disgrace of a lawsuit
brought by his neice to recover .hel
Maud is still unmarried, but as
am getting tired of bachelor life,
have had several serious talks will
her lately, and she agrees with me tina
| the best thing we can do to complete
the happiness of both is to become
man and wife; and so we have decid
ed that the wedding shall take plac,
next month.
But there is one thing which puzzle
me greatly: did dream that night a
Georges house, or actually see til,
spirits of the dead I?