The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-05-14
have the five hundred dollars a

bust!" said Mr.. Chips. $50 you
were trying to follow Luke Mead
ows through Stony Arabia and
turned back at the second step!
Here's a brave traveller for you,
Luke! James, James, keep to your
Arabia Felix, and leave sterner
ways to very different men. Good
by, 10th of you. 1 have ne voice to
talk any more. I'll think over all
you have said"
He pressed their hands and they
left the room. The old man was
too weak to speak next day, and, in
three days after that, he calmly
breathed his last.
AS soon as the funeral was over
the will was read by the confidential
man of business, who had always
attended to Mr. Chipp's affairs.
The group that sat around him pre-
served decorous appearance OF
disinterestedness; and, the usual
preamble to the will having been
listened to with breathless atten-
ton, the man of business read the
following in clear voice:
81 bequeath to my niece, Emma
Slade, Notwithstanding that she
shocked her family by marrying an
GILMAN, the sum of twenty thousand
dollars; being fully persuaded that
her lost dignity, if she could even
find it again, would do nothing to
provide her with food, or clothing,
or shelter
James Robinson smiled and Luke
Meadows ground his teeth-but in
quiet, respectable manner
The man of business went on with
his reading.
Having always held the opinion
that women should be rendered a
rational and independent being
aud having duly considered the
fact that society practically denies
her the right of earning her own
living-I hereby bequeath to Annie
Pemberton, the only child of my
old friend, Frederick Pemberton,
the sum of fifty thousand dollars,
which will enable her to marry, or
to remain single, as she may pre-
fer"
James Robinson gave a prodigi-
Gus start upon hearing this, and
Luke Meadows ground his teeth
again-but in a manner scarcely re-
spectacle. Both, however, by a
violent effort, kept silent.
The man of business went on with
his reading.
II have paid some attention to the
character of my nephew, James
Robinson, and have been grieved to
find him much possessed with a
feeling of philanthropy, and with a
general preference for whatever is
noble and true over whatever is
base and false. As these tenden-
cies are by no means such as can
advance him in the world, l be-
queath him the sum of fifty thous-
and dollars-hoping that he will
thus be kept out of the workhouse,
and be enabled to paint his great
historical picture-which, as yet, he
has only talked about.
GAS for my other nephew, Luke
Meadows, he views all things in so
sagacious and selfish a way, and is
so certain to get on in life, that l
should only insult him by Offering
an aid WHICH he does not require !;
yet, from MS atfectionate uncle, and
entirely as testimony of admira-
ton for his mental aCuteness, | ven
ture to hope that he will accept a
bequest Of two thousand dollars to-
ward the completion of his extern
sive library of law books"
How Luke Meadows stormecI. a.: ana
called names-how Jim broke into
a delirium of joy-how Annie Penn
berton cried first, and then laughed,
and then cried and laughed togeth-
er: all these matters l shall not at
tempt to describe. Annie is now
Mrs. James Robinson; and her hus-
band has actually begun the great
historical picture. Luke Meadows
has taken to discounLing notes of
hand, and bringing actions on them
and drives about in his coupe al
ready.