Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-01
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,lne form, lust one month after the date oil
Mice vivian's marriage.
Mr.. A,wood's face was a study JOY,
impossible to be repressed, shone on every
featpre for n few moments. The
amount Pr he asked
..There is a codicil," replied ar. Went
worth omiIously; and silence being re-
stored he proceeded to read. John Upton
recalled the foregoing will as regarded
the disposal of his property to the two
daughters of his deceased friend, Miles
.Annesley, and added codicil, desiring
that the whole of his property, real and
personal. should be realized and invested,
the legacies above only excepted, for the
sole use and benefit of Alice Vivian. wife
OF Charles Vivian, change which the de-
visor wished it to be known had been de-
cided on by him In consequence OF the I'M
sisterly conduct which Mrs. Atwood had
displayed towards her sister, and which
had come under the personal notice OF
himself. and whose prosperity rendered
any addition from him unnecessary. Then
came his signature, also witnessed-in
due form. A dead silence followed, bro
ken again by Mr.. Wentworth, who, ap-
preaching Charles Vivian, shook him
warmly by the hand. II must congratu-
late you, Mr.. Vivian, on so splendid for
tune coming to your wife,"
Splendid fortuner' echoed Charles.
Considerably over two hundred thou
sand pounds returned Mr.. Wentworth.
1t was enough, and too muci: for Fred
erick Atwood. He waited to hear to more,
but rushed off without the ceremony or
civility of leave-taking, to tell his wife
what she had done for herself. OF her
rage and fury, it is needless to speaker
of the mutual recrimination that never
ceased from that time forth between the
angry and disappointed. but justly pun
ished pair.
Better only to follow Mr. Vivian to the
shabby little dwelling, whittier he lost not
an instant In returning, and where Alice
awaited him, little dreaming Of the mar
velous tidings he was to bring. He drove
back, circumstance which surprised her
and as she watched him alight, the ex-
IRENE pallor of his face made her fancy
Illness must have caused him to indulge
in the unwonted luxury of hanson.
"Alice, my wife, my darling, our trou-
bles are over! Mr.. Upton has left his for
tune TO you--at the least he has left you
tWO lCO iiiOuoubu 1Oubbo
Poor Alice had borne her reverscs brave
", and when actual poverty had faced her,
strengthened by her love for her husband,
she had never utterly given way; but now.
to hear Of such sudden, marvellous and
unexpected change in their prospects was
too much for her, and to the infinite alarm
and CONSERVATION of her husband, she
tainted dead away. 1t was happy wax
ing for her, and of the evening that fol-
lowed, only those who have suffered re.
verses, and recovered prosperity, can i'm
agine the happiness. By mutual consent,
the first years income was cheerfully de-
voted to discharging with interest, the I'm.
paid claims against Mr.. Vivian, and at the
end Of that time, he stood once more
clear and independent man. II the money
was in Alice's name, 1t in no way detract-
ed from their happiness-they were too
truly devoted to each other to have any
feelings on that score, and their days of
adversely had not been in vain, for they
had made them feel an amount of pity and
sympathy for others which proved bless
ing to many.
John Upton's money was not squan-
dered in thankless and extravagant enter
tainments. The Vivians retired to love-
~ place in Kent, where they spend their
days now, doing good with lavish hand,
and enjoying in happinessand moderation,
the splendid fortune which had SO unex-
pectedly become theirs. Shortly after
their accession to it, son was born,
and in him the name Of their benefactor
lives again, for they called him John Up.
ton VIVIAN"
So, though no public charities were en-
riched by his death, and no newspaper
record paraded the magnificent requests
of the departed solicitor, one family was
raised to happiness and comfort by his
means; and through them, many and
many a poverty stricken home has been
cheered and gladdened, and many des-
ponding heart has had cause to bless the
thought that prompted John Upton's wei
come windfall.