The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

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protect hia |in'orr'if You will fnd
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utaicA a~1 so N and quito rpuiloman
rnnngh io make better nsr ~ ms money
than nv nophcw could
Nj Parchment sad no more NJ Il
wHE quite cloAf that Me Downing Ind
dohl#talrly made up his mind After
MI, The lawyer felt no Interest Va The
disnher Ted heir. md ~ know Instinct
ively that bic Few client was not q per.
son hkcly 20 b. sshycd by impulse, ur
20 take a serious stop " ,hDut exercising
his judgment H. therefore drew ~
the will according 10 instructions n6t
emitting the lcgncy to himself. And Mr.
Downing called ard executed II In due
form Tho hllp& ing evening, insisting
uIs'r paving the fees ~ the spot The
viii was conhdcd 10 Mr. Parchment :
carr. and the new client took his dc.
plr.utc apparently hnch renewed IN
w, h,'u.h
put 'uo aver Iuit Nerl uncorhioIla
The idea Of n client bcqueathing hia
property 10 y servant, to The exclusion
Of his own relatives. was %rrphgnant "a
or ~Iaiehncht' olu-iashlonpd nutlons
VI lus''.V hnn uecorum ana li' con
,c'.h,' sllo'e nun iur hot having pro
vo'veu NOR. strongly against such = dis.
"'.lIh' 10 eas hls MIND no resolved
70 CAV upon OLD Mr.. Downing and
nase IN enort 10 induce mn TO modiiy
VI WIN W iH'ot o' inc nephew Dut ihis
proleo' was inc outcome OF several
wvcAs uncasS rense,lon, ana IN accord
ahre WIN inc legal propensity Tor pro
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,cci a. h,s soIioi,n,in wv o''
w. arVhilcn. was 700 prhc'lca, ~
worri nl'n,cli WIN VAN rcgfcts. hnh he
,ncro'oTe ~ onee proceeded 70 dlIchargc
.n nv "u,,'' imposed upon hlm Wy the
WI ne Iounn 'he ioituhato iegatec .
sIe,h, cicsn'shsNon' quiet hammered
n"uu"'o agou l%hllNloual' answering very
WV W nls ,a'o master 5 description o'
nm. or. iiusketh expressed mllh sur
Pllse when the important news was
co"pnnuhica'ou 70 MN. nut showed nc
smot,oh Whatever Ihough nc treated
mr. r~arcnnlcnt WIN respectful ueier'
ence' ,he lawyer could see that he IN;
Vohueu 10 manaRe ms own ahalrs' and
Mn' NOV nssiy 10 uvvelop ihto atrac'a.
ole, oohnling client Perhaps wa
owthg 10 olrcun,s'anres Una MIR iarch.
ncht conceived . strange aversion IL
his eo-eNuvu'or-so mmch So that h'
wv 20, iool very myaliy disposed Ia
warns MN
On the other hand. he sympnthized
vcry much with the old mans nephew,
Arthur Downing, who came up TO town
To attend his unele's funeral Whef
Mr.. Parchment informed him Of III,
purport Of the will. he bore his disap.
poinlmcnt 80 brayely. without n irac,
Of anger or resentment, that the old
lawyer expressions OF coincidence has
. genuine ring IN thom. Arthur Down
Ing explained that he had incurred hi.
%uncle's displcasurc by marrying against
the old mans wishes. and no wn there
fore not altogether surprised at being
d~isinherited. Al tho same time, hi
uncle had written him a letter shortl,
before his death. In which he did NO
repeat his threat Of altering his will, ant
Arthur Downing had come up TO towr
In the full expectation that he was hi
uncle's heir, Mr.. Parchment was mucl
struck by tho magnanimity which thu
young man displayed toward Mr.. Illus
keith. Far from aitributing his rival
good fortune TO chicancry OF undue In
i%luencc, he said that his uncle had Al
ways rather distrustcd the man, and wa
not tho least likely 10 have consultes
him about tho disposition Of his prop
orty. lie expressed his conviction tina
Husketh was q highly respectable per
son. and frankly admitted that his Ion,
aud faithful service entitled him TO sub
stantial benefits from his late master
When the young man proceeded TO 81,
| that he must now resign his eommlsslon
and emigraio 10 the Colonies 10 bcgiI
life afrcsh. Mr.. Parchment felt that h.
would gladly forfeit his legacy II h,
could find n flaw In old Mr.. Downing
unjust will. However. no knew YER,
well that the document was p~erfcctl,
valid On the face Of n. and he ihcrsior,
had 10 content himself with wrrr,n,