The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-03

her! Nobodyis tried TO use u Tor tn'
past five years or more, and the old
things all out Of order. Besides, th'
loom never was fathers. 1t was my
own property, aud he had no right t'
will it to anybody"
"The law requires a testator to be
queath all the children something" con
descendingly explained the great ex'
FOUNDER of the law.
81 don't want the loom," said Lie
quietly. 81 can buy firewood nearer
Portland, aud that's all in the world ip'
fit for"
"Your father and / talked this over
Mrs. Tnbbs He knew-pardOn me-
mom-that Peter Tubbs was an unlucky
man, and be didn't propose TO give him
any thing that lie could lose"
"He might, at least, have given Liza
something that she could use" said
Mrs. Hardine, senior, who was now
fully alive to the fact that business aud
its responsibilities must hencelorth re-
ceive her own attention.
81 spent the very best years of my life
in struggling to hold my fathers family
together and care for mother during her
helpless Illness" said the daughter
"But that was only my duty, aud was
glad to be able to do 1t. II l had pay
for that labor now"
Impossible, nom % exclaimed the
Judge, hotly. "That was well nigh on
to twenty years ago, and the statute OF
limitations long ago Outlawed your
claim"
Read ou," said John Hardine.
let us hear Of the final disposition OF
everything"
You surely have no reason 10 con-
plain of your share :" quietly remarked
the new proprietor Of the old loom.
"But 1 say he's give Liza nothing" :"
said Mrs Hardine. THAT loom is
mine, and be had no right to give it
away"
"You forget, nom, that your property
does not belong to you, hut to your hus-
baud. He had the right-iny man has
the right-to bequea,h to another the
very clothes upon the back Of his wife,
il it suits his pleasure to do So"
"He may have the power, but I GER
tainly dispute his right to do it," said
Tirzah, who had Up to this time been a
silent spectator Of the proceedings.
The remaining soDs and daughters OF
the Hardine family, all Of whom were
now married aud settled in homes Of
their own, were each apportioned a
nominal share in the property, about
equal to that bequeathed TO Sally. But
the coming clause that capped the eli
max Of the villaiuy that robs the poor
for the benefit of the rich related to
Judge Hardpan, to whom was willed
and bequesthed, in consideration OF his
long friendship aud able couusels ia the
affairs Of the deceased, the Shubrick
mine, valued at fifty thousand dollars.
John Hardine was Indignant now, aud
he raved like a madmau, but all to no
purpose. There was no gainsayiug the
legal fat Of the dead mans hand.
"Surely you ought to be satisfied, -
said Lie, who felt inwardly glad that
something had transpired, even at her
own expense, to prove to her brother
John that others might have self-inter-
ests as well as he. "If the rest Of US had
Jared as muniicently as yourself, we'd
all be rich. And then, you were rich
before, you know"
AS l spared the reader the iniermina-
bic verbiage of the will in question,
will now spare him the Unseemly rage
aud blssphemous declarations Of John
Hardiue. Enough to say that his con.
duct bordered upon, If it did not reach
insanity.
Lie remained with her mother for q
day or two, aud was then compelled tc
return to her boarding-house, where she
found her husband In a more moody
helpless aud irresponsible state than
ever before. Wearily again, as In the
years agone, she took up the burdens oI
her daily life, wondering more aud more
as she struggled on in the darkness
what it all was for, and where il al
would end. -
But, though it is not every cloud thai
has a silver lining, there never yet wal
any cloud but had golden covering
through which, sometime, a riff hai
parted, permitting the glorious rays o
the sun to shine through its gloomies
blackuess. A better day of my heroin,
is yet to dawn.
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