The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-07-10

It's an unpleasant subject, family quar-
rel, but right is right, and what the law
gives one, that he may call his own,
mayn't hep Well the law case has just
given me and me sister Mary me fathers
estate, which me elder brother George
had held since me fathers and mothers
death. This is 'ow 1t 'appened. The
old family nurse, when she came to die,
let out that me brother George was born
out of wedlock, and so was not the legal
heir of the property. The old doctor
and compared with the parish records,
and the nurses story was confirmed. So
we went to law about 1t, and the case
has just been decided in our favor in the
| Court of Queens Bench. 1t makes bad
blood, but / shall not treat me brother
George as he has treated me and me sis
ter Mary. After he has had time to cool
off and think it over, shall go to i'm
and say, Ere, George, you are me
brother, / cannot forget that,-'ere, take
this sum and set yourself up in bust
ness.' "
ton, and urged him by all means to
carry 1t into effect.
6 But George did not do right with
the property" he went on; ''you see,
part of it came from uncle William, and
uncle William in his will provided that
e500 of it should be disbursed among
the poor, not the Hinglish poor only but
the poor of different nations. This
brother George did not do But this 1
shall do without delay, and to get this
$500 well off my 'ands according to my
huncle's will is now my chief concern.
Hof course, l cannot go around looking
up the poor-the needy cases-and must
mostly depend upon others to do it for
me. L shall spend e1O0 of it among the
poor of my own town and neighborhood
and shall 'ope to meet trustworthy gen
tlemen now and then, whom l can rely
upon to distribute portion of it among
the poor of their countries. L gave ESQ
of it yesterday to a gentleman at my
'otel, from Glasgow, to spend among his
poor"
| y
proof and astonishment in my look.
"Oh, yes; but then, he showed me
that he had money of his own and did
not need mine; that was all 1 required
him to do"
The German and exchanged glances
as we finished our second ale, when the
former said, speaking my own thought:
"Well, you'll have little trouble in
finding people to take your money on
such terms. I, myself, would very glad
ly be charitable at some one else's ex-
pense, and the late war has made many
poor people in my country"
every well, said the confiding stran-
ger, 'show me that you have 910O of
your own, and / will give you another
hundred to disburse among your poor
and take your receipt for it, requiring
you only to insert an advertisement in
The Times giving the names and
dates, etc. All L want is to be able to
show that my uncle's will has been
complied with, and that 'aven't spent
money that didn't belong to me.''
How the bait took Whose henevo-
lence would not have snapped at it? Is
it in human nature in its travels to let
such golden opportunities slip? And
would it not instantly occur to one that
if this fool and his money must part so
soon, that it was the duty of an honest
man to see to it that the money went in
to the proper channels?
"And too" said L, not without q
feeling of shame, as if l was about to be
in some way party to the robbery of
this simpleton " 1, too, will bear your
aims to some of the poor of my coun-
try, and see that they are judicially be-
slowed"
What poor have you in your coun-
try ?" said he.
Plenty of them, p" said 1.-the freed
men, for instance, whom see much of,
and who are much in need of help"
" All right" said he. "Satisfy me that
you have money of your own and donot
need mine, and you shall have hundred
pounds"
carry no money with me, y replied,
and you will have to comearound to
my hotel"
Neither have 1 hundred pounds, I"
said my companion" but L have some, L
hardly know how much, and he pro-
ceeded to take out and unroll some Bank
of England notes.
"Show him what you have" said he