The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-22

Geo. 6idnsy Ne In many respects
Q isgular Cd nan; bat for Ill th. b
~ noble, ueheartsd and gsnesoos.
Thoegh only 6hy-6ss. b had sor.
vived his wife and three ehildroo,
and vas alone in the world, unless
two rival nephew. Who wsrs oontsod
| ing for The 500, 900 the general had
70 leave vheo b died. might b r.
garded - the eoopanions Of BID pill
grinaes. They certainly were very
devoted 70 him. and did everything
for his cemiost-sxcspe 70 love and
esteem hin.
The existsnes Of Q 800, 900 l. . nd
danpsr upon any feeling Of disinter.
sstsdseo which pious hein desire to
exhibit John Sidney and Jcseph
Boyles 20 doubt tried 70 b disinter.
esssd, and If b had bseu Q poor man
they might have found il quite sasy
to b %. They we're eousins, aad
both member Of the church. II
hey tried 70 love sach other, in obedi-
sncs to The divine command. they did
not suoossd very veil. for even .
superficial observer might have seso
through the shallow protsstations Of
affection.
Gen Sidney was not . very clese
observer, and probably knew lsss Of
the real character Of bic sephevs
than any osa in their circle Of %.
auaiotanes. Bot b had sueessdsd
10 finding oct John Sidney. Either
the pioss hsirexpscsant lacked 10
shrswdsss. or fortune deserted him.
for his rich uocls suddenly turned
against him. In vain John tried q
csociliats hin; the eeasral was -
stubborn - Q mule, and would not in
terpret any Of his kindly Offices - The
evideoce Of eesuine esteem.
When the heart Of the rich man
had banishsd ono Of bic nephsws. the
other more perfectly 6lIsd il. A.
John Sidusy vas hated % joseph
Boylss was loved. The former per-
severed in bic attempts to win beck
tho lost favor. and the latter - per-
sistsntly laboesd = defeat bic issss'
tons.
The old gsutlsmsnS health began
"a fail him. and Boyles was untirisg
in bic efforts 70 make him eo0f0rtabIe
and eonteuted. Every forssooa b
vent up to the iuvaiids room and
rod the morning papsr. to bin. and
related oil the gossip and scandal that
va adoat ip the strest. In the even
ing be visited him again. read the
evening papers. told him funny stories
and never left him till hs had seen
him comfortably in bed. joseph
Boylss Va . shrewd psrson. and fully
comprshendsd the nature Of his posi-
ton.
Il was surnised that tho general
had recently made . will. and the
favored nephew vas satisesd hat be
had won the victory.
The general grew vorss. and Boyles
epeut nearly al his time With him
Protesting The deepest solicitaje for his
health, be urged various remedies up
on him, oil OF which bic uncle adopted
With implicit faith in their efficacy
but in spite Of Boyles' specifics. and
even Of the prescriptions Of the
most skillful physicians in the city, be
continued to fail, and finally dropped
OF suddenly.
The work Of joseph Boylss vas
finished. His uncle was dead, and hs
he'd every reason 70 suppose hs should
inherit bio prinesly fortune. There
Va no longer any occasion to disssm-
bic, and after I had put the body in
the coffin, was not Q little surpFised
to b informed that the funeral would
take place 1t IL o'clock on the follow
ing day. Boylss said the heat Of the |
weather would not permit 10 to keep
the corpse another day. ana. though I |
differed in opinion, I made no oejee-
tons.
Boylss was . stiDgy man. provsrb-
tally %, and the arrangements for the
funsra! were very simple. Even the
coffin was . cheap affair. and only |
four carriages we're provided. But
Gen. Sidney Ne dead and could End
no faait With The simplicity Of bic
burial cerenoniss. He was put in
the family tomb. and the friends
turned their attention to the more i'm.
portant matter Of the distribution Of
bis property.
A. many had supposed, Boylss vas
the sole heir. A paltsy Legacy We al
the notice taken Of John Sidney. Vim
had expected 'sonetbing Handsome"
1t least, ct the death Of biz uncle.
When the lawyer had left with the
viii IN biz hand-it Ne The day after
the funeral-she tvo cousins were left
alone. Il was not the nature Of John
Sidney to rest cootent with the provis-
ions Of the will. he had failed to de-
ZACH bic nval, bot hs va not prepar-
ID to b virtually disinhsritsd.
"You may think il i just" aid b
% . surly tone 10 Boylss. /.
THAT . not for me to decide" r..
pl'ed the heir. Il can only ~ that I
Nd no hand in making my unelss |,
will: neithse did I know its contents !,
Until now" /.
"Hanph I" ssesrsd Sidney. ,
HE was ny uncle. and I did What .
could 70 make hin comfortable 10 +
IL last hoars," addsd Beyles.
"Yes, and you put him in The q
round before bic body was fairly !
old" /
"Whas do you mean By thatr
Il mean Ill that ! ay. People Won. =
ered that you should order tho fupsr- :
the very next day after bic death. :
suppose you were in hurry to GET ?
old Of biz money"
mo more oftAs; yos nssd not in.