Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-12


Jonathan Greathead, of Gloucester
Road, IN the County of Middlesex;
and Of Hayre Court, the Temple, at
! the City of London, barrister-at-law. "
The purport is this, said he, after
the usual flood of verbiage had passed
for the most part tremendously
over heads, 80 that the bulk of the
testator's estate would 90 to his cousin,
Miss Chilling, and a share, very much
smaller, but still considerable, to Miss
Greathead. IN one respect / very
much regret that my task does not
end with this will "
Then we all listen to another last
will and testament, and fresh cur
rent of conveyancers English, much
shorter than the last. however, is let
loose upon us. One person in the
room can safely assert, feels on the
rack, and Miss Chilling's fan never
stays, but tlutters, now slowly, now
with sudden impetus And no won
der, her fortune of $45, 600 IS swept
away as by a stroke Of the pen, and d
miserable $500 all that is given her
instead OF the residue, after pay
ment of certain legacies to the serv-
ants, clerks and others, the whole is
given to Miss Greathead. When he
ceased the woman at the fire rose
grandly to her full height.
This is not the final arrangement
our friend intended to make; 50 much
/ / know; it is a sad lesson of the dan
ger of procrastination even in the
wisest of us. Thus Mr.. Ford, in a
d tgxtv o,,ItAg.gtta l,f,eet~ ia tho
paper,
oh, Edith, | am very sorry Miss
Greathead had risen, too and put her
hand upon the elder woman's shout
/ der The servants We're filing out.
Miss Chilling pushed the other aside,
not cruelty, but as if she We're in the
way.
The will show me the will she
said, in hOarse low tones. holding out
one white hand imperatlvely. Mr..
/ Ford handed it to her without a word.
I She took it to the window and exam
/ med it carefully. Wonderful as UNI
der the circumstances was her self
command, one could hear the paper
rustic in her shaking hand. In a mo-
ment she faced us.
/ on qua NOT ufdW lIllS WlIlt
NO Mr. Ford answered nervous
| ly, he took | suppose, other advice
The attesting witnesses are Mr.. War
lringtOn, who, you may be aware, has
chambers had, | should say--with
the SERGEANT, and the laundress, who
died some months ago SO it is evil
dent that it YVES made at the cham
| bers.
There was an uncomfortable silence
for moment. Then Miss Chilling
crossed the room and rang the bell
Is Mr.. Humphreys still here2" she
said to the servant.
"Yos, Miss"
Ask him to come to me, if you
please"
My clerk shall fetch him, cried
Mr. Ford, hastily, with a glance at
the servant and then at his unprepos
sessing follower
NO" said Miss Chilling, impera-
lively. We all stood still and listen |
ed to the clock ticking solemnly, till |
the old clerk appeared,
Humphreys, she said, with a |
strange yearning in her tone, a sud |
den softening as it We're, please to /
examine this signature, and tell me if |
it is your late masters"
He was her last hope,
The old man slowly took out and |
put ON his glasses. Miss Greathead, /
nervous and frightened, covered in Il
window seat Mr. Ford looked stead |
lily into the fire fancy he saw there |
a short law report headed {" In the |
gf (fba,.I,- I7g,al
tlemen, one, etc, or it might be more |
shortly, In the matter of solicitor" |
AS for his clerk, | can answer that no |
heart IN the room was going pit-a-pat |
like his How long Humphreys was
porting over it! At last he spoke, and |
then with torturing slowness.
"Ah, that's his writing sure enough. |
God bless him
Then two of us drew such sigh of /
relief, as, we'll | am at a loss for a suf
ticiently strong metaphor but at any |
rate it was a very deep sigh
Mr. Ford mumured a few words of !
coincidence to the one lady and con |
CALCULATIONS to the other; and he and |
his clerk got themselves out of the
room as we'll as they could The last
seen of Miss Chilling, she was brood
ing over the fire, with face SO much
older, rs it seemed TO us, than that
which had shone in the dusk behind
her futtering fan.
Upon my honor. Ford whispered
to his confidential clerk, as the door
closed behind them. II am almost
afraid to leave them together
Pooh, your yosng woman hasn't
made a viii.
Why! what YOU don't think she.'
He stood still.
The Serieant? No, l don't. I've
seen his doctor She was first ON the
scene, that's all a couple of hours be
fore any one else, | expect
What if our plan doesn't work
How long are we to keep it up.'
"A week won't do us harm then if
nothing turns up we must fAd out
something wrong with our previous
document. But don't think she is
inclined to fight And the conhden
tial clerk of Ford. Ford < Bittle link