Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-09
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let us enjoy our breakfast aud not
spoil our digestion by thinking oi
the old curmudgcon who could not
oven lot his occcutricity die with
him but mus, dispose of his for
tune In this idiotic manner"
"But, my dear Arthur, rcmon'
strated Mrs. pelanccy, some hun
drod thousand dollars Is too large n
sum to refuse without much con-
sideration,"
FL know that, mother niue, but
still | refuse 10 accept II with the
eonditiou attached to t. I prefer
g. choose my own wife.
"ls there NO alternative 7"
"Noue,"
"what are the exact words cf the
letter Z"
"rhere." answered Arthur taxi
ing ny = poudercus letter which
hai been lying cu the table, aud
resdiug fsN,m t. MY Dear SIR
Now that the estate " the late
Tobias Queerhy is settled, IL he
comes my duty ~ intcrm you tina,
he hal imposed condition upon
h'ste0aeS, ~ yea, lie heQueathes
e. you property ~ the value ot
Que hundred thousand dollars IN
condition that ycu marry Miss
Eiielis Fairfax within ,wo years
after his death, The same Smouu,
has hreu heQueS,hed ~ Miss Fair
fax. ani hare this day notified
her tha, che same condition is at
tachel o. her share ~ the estate.
This condition WAS not mentioned
In the will. IS Il could not have
been recognized as valid Nv the
courts You need not obey his re-
quest unless YOU wish, aud your
legacy will remsin unaffected, but
he charges ,cu and her IS YOU are
upright and honorable not ~ en-
,ov his hsri.esrued wealth unless
vcu ID - - he desired. | enclose
ac,py " the letter ~ me asking
me a. sN,usiut ycu with his desires,
Nv which yeu viii see ~ wha,
charitable societies he wishes Ncu
90 sive the money he len ycu in
case you IL NJ; WELD o. the c'u-
di,icuS imposed and in case ynu de-
eide ~ act rs man " honor, |
ain. sir. YOURS 81. Greenfield Neat,
attorney trr The estate II Tobias
QneerNN.
There - cried Arthur. us NJ;
that s,errille condition g. irnr>se Z
Ot curse | am man ~ honor
and | mus, --yeS, mus, give Wy this
tcrtuue,
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