The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-01
,ide your last crust with her, I'd b.

bound"
az suppose should, !" replied Della
The winter wore away - winter
will, and the miracles of spring beear
In fields and wayside; and Defia'l
b0arders returned with the June roses
and dropped away again with the fall
ing leaves, and still Mrs. Clement
stayed on and on. Just now she had
been some weeks i'm arrears with her
reduced board. No money had been
forthcoming for some time, and she
was growing more feeble daily, need.
ing the luxuries Of an invalid and the
attentions Of nurse, both of which
Della bestowed upon her, without TAX.
ing thought Of the morrow.
must hear from my man of bust.
ness tomorrow, Della; TIN knee deep
In debt to you," she began, one night.
Don't mention it," cried Della.
I'D rather never see q cent of Il than
have you take 1t to heart. You are
welcome to stay and share pOtluck
Will, us; you are such company for me
and mother"
"Thank you, my dear. I've CLOWN
as fond of you as IL you were my own
flesh and blood. There, turn down
the light, please. 1t grows chilly,
doesn't 1t. You might kiss me Just
once, IL you wouldn't mind. It's q
hundred years or so since any one
kissed me-"
And next morning, when Della car
boarder lay cold and still upon the pill
lows
The first shock over, Della wrote to
the lawyer Of whom she had heard
Mrs. Clement speak as having charge
Of her affairs, begging him to notify
that lady's relatives, IL she had any.
In reply Mr.. Willis wrote: The late
Mrs. Clement appears to have no near
relatives. Some distant cousins, who
have an abundance of this worlds
goods, served her shabbily when
she tested their generosity as she has
tried yours, are all that remain of her
family. In the meantime l enclose
you copy of her last will and tesla.
ment. to peruse ut your leisure"
"What interest does he think take
i'm Mrs. Clements will" thought Del
ia but she read, nevertheless.
Being of sound mind, this 18th day
of June, Is, l, Della Rogerson Gle
nent. do hereby leave 500 to each of
my cousins; and / bequeath the resi-
due of my property, viz, $4,000 in
vested in the Inget Mining company,
$50, go in United States bonds, So, 900
in Fortune flannel mills, and my jew
els, to the beloved niece Of my first
husband, John Rogerson, Della Rog-
erson, of CroftsbOrough, Ne.
For | was stranger and ye took
me in; hungry, and We fed me sick,
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