Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-12-01

temporarily upon the just and The nm
Just. But cloud hovers over their ho,.
izon- Even now fell disease warns tho
doctor that he shall not long enjoy the
society OF the worlds one divinity--for
him.
Disease soon ceased to beoko,. II
stepped boldly forward and took our
friend firmly by the hand, and led him
steadily onward and downward to the
grave.
Mabel WINGED as she saw her husband
surely drifting from her side, for after
her nature she loved him. Yet Il he
must die, then 'twere we'll to be prepared.
The wife be would leave behind must be
properly cared for.
Judge Luce was summoned and will
was written, properly signed aud sealed,
giving library, household furniture, all,
everything, including Nenie's 6re thou
sand dollars, to my beloved wife,
Mabel Lombard Nelson"
The Judge waited . few moments.
"There is nothing MORE" a.id the doc
tor feebly.
Nothing for your child ?" queried the
Judge.
-("Nothing. Mabel has been accus-
toned to such luxurious life that all
have will be trihing enough for her
wants.
pardon me, doctor; yet in the name
Of our old friendship let me ask, ought
not Nettie's child to be remembered, at
property was once your first wife's in
heritance from her fathers worthily ac-
quired estate.
Eyes, but being lawyer, you ought
to know that her share Of that estate
being personal property, the law gave it
all to me. 1t is mine, and will do as
please with mine own"
"You are right, Frank, as to the IT.
gality. Yet, lawyer as am, and conse-
quently in the habit Of bowling to tie
law, still I hope never to confound JUS
! tee and honor with law and legality.
| The first two are God'n laws, and. man
| should mould the last two in conformity
| Herewith. But it is sad truth, and
worthy Of lament, that the two are oft
at opposition. We're your will contested
1 would, as lawyer, fight to the last to
uphold its strict legality; as a man, l
should deplore the execution Of your
great injustice to your child. I beg of
you to deal with your child as though
the eyes of its sainted mother, as if the
I All-seeing Eye of God, not Laac, were
to read and approve this will. Being
honest in Gods sight, and legal in mans,
demands at times vast difference in &C.
ton. Had you died and left property.
the law would have divided your prop
erty with the wife and child, and in its
favor. Beside, she would have loved
and cared for the boy tenderly for your
sake"
The implied rebuke in the last of the
Judges lemark was felt by the obtuse
doctor.
"She would have had enough if only a
third. A man doesn't care to enrich his
successor" snapped the doctor viciously.
The lawyer la, had good naturedly.
"Well, well, that is too rich; it is SO
consistent. What is the difference in
sentiment betwnt enriching second hus-
bands or second wives ?"
'Oh, shut up, Judge. A man can do
as he pleases with his oacn, I should
think" and the doctor took refuge in
sulkiness.
, Equal rights" muttered the Judge.
r After three years of sedate widow,
5 hood, Mabel went into lavender-and
/ society.
LAWYER Featherstone found Mabel's
little dover, in addition to her prospects
| when King Lombard should die, rem
t dered her fully as charming to him as
when he wooed her in his youth, unsuc-
? cessfully. The glitter of her father (
r gold mingling with the sheen Of tina
which was legally bequeathed her, daz
: zlcd his eyes and dimmed his vision to
0 clear perception of the inroads that Time
J had made upon her fair but heeting typt
) Of beauty.
. Still, at first, his renewed wooing spe,
not smoothly, for Mabel yet had hope
0 Of marrying ufU. Bu; IL the course o
D passing years her hopes waned, and on
a dav. when Featherstone again knel. a
n her feet, she saw some thing in his fac
I tha. told her that, If she said nay now
she would never be gwen oppor.uni.
t for repentance. S. she said yea
!. And Charlie? he SAYS: Mrs. -Feath
V erstone has private purse supple
e With mothers money. Had the la,c Re
V meubered me, l could have gone !.
Il college.
g FxTpArr from a letter from AngeIica