The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-19

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record OF his death is there"
81 don't know; you may see. I'll call
| Oliver"
Going to the door, Hannah took down
horn used for that purpose and utter
ed a call. which brought oliver Gneldt
home from the field at once. He also
felt alarmed, but explanations quieted
him. Almost as much astOnished as his
wife, he brought out the Bible.
"The death of my wife's great-grand-
| father, ZebulOn Burns, Is not here" he
said. ''The first record Is in his hand,
believe. 1t Is the birth OF his eldest
child"
SO it proved, and the lawyer looked
-YOu cannot remember the day Of his
deathp" he said. "a, mean the date Of
| the month";"
HE died long before was born, and
though rich, left nothing to grandfather.
They had quarreled, believe. He told
Odd.stOries of him. He must have been
very eccentric, and servant or house
keeper had great influence over him;
she, ,ihad all the property. Margery-
Margery-''said Hannah.
'Margery WILDER, l think" said the
lawyer.
YES" said Hannah. 81 remember
now HE
| IOu hIo uulob BoOploB uOg AlhOiy "
| talk too much" said the lawyer. 81
will tell you something. We have found
something. We have found will among
| the effects. He died in fit Of apOplexy.
Don't hope too much, mind. A will in
your favor, as your fathers only child.
1t was written by him on his deathbed,
dath 10th Of March, 49,, and leaves all
his property to your father, his grand
| son, then boy. Hushl don't hope too
L hnfp
now holds this property under Will da-
ted March 18th, IT."
"a later WILL" said Oliver. 'Then Of
/ course they are the rightful pOssessOrs,
What need of all thisp The latest must
stand"
mot if it is a forgery" said the law
yer.
Oliver laughed the bitter laugh Of dis
appointment and care.
"WhO can prove that" he said.
mo 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 an
| other on the 18th. We believe the will
forgery, written on old parchment.
Since the discovery of the one l have
spoken of, Margery Wilbur took posses
sion with legal forms, for no one ap-
peared to test her title Where was your
great-grandfather buriedp"
Here" said Hannah. They say he
was brought down at his Tequest-Mrs.
Wilbur as chief mOurner, and his SON
grandfather-nOt even sent for. An old
graveyard somewhere. Oh, OliVerl Oil
VerP'
She turned quite pale, AMI uttered a
cry solver, that must be the graveyard
on Grey's place, that he dug over last
winter in the warm spell" J"
Then 1t Is gone" said Oliver, "and
our last hope with it. No, gentle
men, good luck would never come to us.
pOverty means to cling to us to the last.
l wish you had better clients" s.r-.s
"0liVerl Oliyerp Gasped Hannah
Gneldt, ''teIl me one thing, ZebulOn
was Observation-Disclosures name. Zeb-
ulon is spelled with 2, isn't itp Oh,
do speak,"
IL think you are going mad, Hannah,
of course 1t is" -g
"Oh, the big z, remember it so we'll.
know 1t was Y; and It would have been
broken to pieces before now. Oliver
don't you remember my doorstep that
you were so angry atp believe 1t is
my poor old great grandfather's tomb
stone. And not to know 1t when / star
ed at the great ZP' a---t t
Oliver Gneldt said nothing. He fear
ed his wife's brain was turned; and that
made him faint and cold as ne f0llOWe
her into the garden, and there watched
while the three others lifted at the fiat
slab.
It lay before them on the. green spring
grass, black letters on the whiteness
and bending over 1t they read aloud:
.+ZebulOn Burns. Born May, -
Died March 14th, IT," with eulOgistiC
verses, with long SIS underneath, as In
duty bound. e-l
"fG's poor gTandfather's," said Han
nah. And the lawyer extended his
hands, grasping those Of oliver and hii
wife. " E
"The proof is found" he said; "the Ia
test will is a forgery. for 1t Is dated the
day after the old mans death. Mrs
Gneldt is heir to q large property.
congratulate you"
, And Hannah, with her head on hei
husbands shoulder, whispered: ''OliVer
! 1t wouldn't have been better to havt
, married Miss Lester, after all" <