Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-10-23
"A Lucky Discovery.

'And so Miss Dorinda Beam is dea(
an buried?
Yes, an hain't left no will-that'
the wnst of it,
Mrs. Grimes stopped churning to lis
ten to the news brought by Neighbol
Hockins.
you don't say
It's so,' declared neighbor Hockins
emphatically.
'Beuly Bittersweat won't get nothin
after all, them observed Mrs. Grimes
lifting the churn lid to see if the but.
ter was coming.
Not silver. An her allus brought
up to think she'd git it all
IT'S to bad. l reckin Peter Fogg
an bis woman'll come in fur the prop
pity, then? p
Course they will, bein' they're the
highest of kin. All the kin-folks she
had, I reckin, fur her an Beuly WASH t
no ways related.
4 shouldn't think Miss Dorindy'd
sleep quiet in her grave, with them
Foggs a-handling Of her things. She
hated 'em like pizon while she was
alive, remarked Mrs. Grimes.
She hadn't ort to put off maxim her
will, then. But that's allus the way
folks keeps a.putting off an a,pntting
off, a-thnkin' they're goin to live for.
ever, an then all at once they're gone
for they know it. An then it's too
late. Miss Dorindy died awful sud
dint, they say-appelexy or the like. |
dunno what Beuly is Il goin' to do, I'm
sure
And indeed poor Beulah herself
scarcely knew what she was going to
! do.
Everything here will be yours, Bcu-
lah, when I'm dead and gone Miss
Dorinda had often declared. That
misery Peter Fogg ard his stingy wife
won't get stick nor stone of what
belongs to me. kin tell him, if he is
my nephew
And now Miss Dorinda was dead and
gone, sure enough, and Peter Fogg and
his 'stingy wife were the heirs at law.
The place had been thoroughly
searched for will, but none could be
found, and Lawyer Green, who attend
ed to all Miss Dorinda's affairs declared
that he had not been called upon to
make any will and so poor Be,llah
was left pcnniless and alone in the
great world.
One year ago, Beulah WAS the prom
ised wife of Richard Barrymore, a stall
wart young farmer, who lived with his
mother in the old homestead with its
green orchard trees, its meadows Of
sweet grass, and its waving fields of
wheat and corn.
But Beulah was young and giddy,
and when the new physician, DR.. CIar-
ence Virden, began to play lover-like
attentions to her, Richard grew jeal-
Gus, quarrel ensued, and broken
engagement was the upshot of the mat
ter.
Since that time, DR.. Vivian had con-
tinued his attentions, until Miss DORM
da's death occurred, and Beulah's I'M
fortunate position was made public.
Then his visits suddenly ceased, and
he found it convenient to pass by on
the other side
A week later, Mr. Fogg and wife
came to take possession.
He was hard featured, misery man,
and she sharp nosed, avaricious WON.
an.
'The ole woman had heap o plum.
der remarked Peter, as he went lum-
bering through the parlors with his
heavy cowhide boots. That there pie
amer won't be here long, though, nor
them pictures on the wall I he de-
clared, cycling the articles named with
a calculating gaze. 4 reckin they'll
fetch a right sum O money at the auc-
ton rooms, an I'll cart EN- off an sell
en-
There's hull trunk full! O. the ole
woman's good close, put in Mrs Peter,
who had been exploring the upper
rooms. You mout as well cart them
off, an sell EN-, too, Peter. | KANT
wear EN-.
Course you KANT, said Peter, gruf-
fly. What do you want of any more
close, anyhow? Them you've got on
your back is good enough for anybody
Shocked and panied at their coarse
remarks Beulah went to her own room,
to think over her plans for the future.
You kin stay here if you work for
your board Mrs. Peter had informed