Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-05-24

by making q home Of The 1T honss
and feast 0f the humbIe M s1sar
house wife's skill. She a even
have been cheerful bat 60 maua-
ory Of that lucklssa speed
Working in her gaEd6a ohs day
when the first spring grass = grow
ing green, Hannah heard eofstepe.
and lifting her head aan psntle-
men beside her aud arose rs ;pilats-
II. The uearet RRntlanF5 n elder
/, i Bsssh Asit srlelIss III
dressed her:
Mrs. Gneldt, / presume"
'sYes, sir.
She asked him 10 walk in, and he
did 50. the other following. In the
little parlor they sat down.
"You are Mrs. Hannah Gneldt,
Oliver Gneldt's wife p
''Yes. sir; it is about--about--ex-
cuse me, you look like lawyer, and
! fear it is more trouble for Oliver"
"Re-assure yourself. madam said
the gentleman; "re-assare yourself,
madam. Your husband is not con-
cerned. save through you, and that, l
hopo. pleasantly. Your name was
Burns before YOU were marrisd.'
Eyes, sir; Hannah Burns"
do you remember dates well? ?"
mo. sir"
"You have, perhaps, record of
family events-your own birth, your
parents marriage, your grandfa.her's
death ?"
Hannah Gneldt wonderingly re-
piled, Il have mothers Bible, and
they tell me it's all there"
"How far back p
"To graRdfather's birth. / believe
Grandfather Burns. He had one
child, and I am the only one my
parents ever had. Oliver set down
our wedding day and our two boys
birthdays
"And your great-grandfather-the
record of his death is there?"
81 don't know; you may see. Wait
I'll call Oliver"
Going to the door, Hannah took
down horn used for that purpose
and uttered call, which brought
Oliver Gneldt home from the field at
once. He also felt alarmed, but ex-
plantations quieted him. Almost as
much astOnished AS his wife, he
brought ont the Bible.
"The death of my wife's great
grandfather, Zebulon Burns, is not
here" he said. "The first record is
in his hand, | believe. ltis the birth
of his eldest child"
So it proved and the lawyer looked
disappointed.
"You cannot remember the day of
his death ?" he said. II mean the
date of the month ,"
"He died long before I was born"
said Hannah, land. though rich, left
nothing to grandfather. They had
quarreled, / believe. He told odd
stories Of him. He must have been
very eccentric, and a servant or house
keeper had great influence over him
she had all the property. Margery-
Margery-"
"Margery Wilber, think" said
the lawyer.
"Yes," said Hannah. II remem-
Der now"
"You are quiet people, not likely
to talk too much" said the lawyer.
Il will tell you something. We have
found, something. We have found
will among the effects. He died in a
fit of apoplexv. Don't hope too
much, mind. A will in your favor,
as your fathers only child. 1t was
written by him on his death-bed,
dated 10th of March, IL, and leaves
all his property to your father. his
grandson, then boy. Hush don't
hope too much. Margery Wilbur or
her heirs now hold this property under
will dated March 18th, H."
"A later viii" said Oliver. "Then
Of course, they are the rightful pos
SCISSORS. What need Of all this? The
latest must stand.
Not if it is forgery" said the
lawyer.
Oliver laughed the bitter laugh of
care and disappointment.
who can prove that p he said.
'No one, perhaps. Yet the record
Of the old mans death might. A man
whose dying hand signed a will on
the 10th of March would scarcely
make another on the 18th. We be
lievs the will forgery, written on
old parchment. Since the discovery
of the one have spoken of Margery
Wilber took possession with legal
forms, for no one appeared to test her
title. Where was your great-grand-
father buried?'
Here, said Hannah. They say
he was brought down at his request
Mrs. WILDER as chief mourner, and his
son-grandfather-not even sent for.
An old graveyard somewhere. Oh,
Oliverl Oliverr'
She turned quite white, and ut
tered cry, Oliver, that must be the
graveyard on Gray's place that he
ding over last winter IN the warm
spell"
''Then it is gone" said Oliver.
"And our last hope with il. No,
gentlemen. good luck would never
come upon us. Poverty means to
cling to US to the last. I wish YOU
had better clients.
Oliver OliverI' grasped Hannah
Gneldt, tell me one thing. Zebulon
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