Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-26
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''I am all right now. - be answered
bravely dashing away the tears; and
jumping from the wagon, walked
through the neglected GROUND % the
great elm tree, at whose b SO two
sturdy wOOdmen were ind ustrlOusIy
chOpping.
He watched them awhile with misty
ewes, and was about turning away
when au exclamation from one OF the
choppers caught his ear and caused
him TO approach nearer.
Il swan, JimF' said the man to his
companion; we've had our labor for
our pains The old tree is only 3 shell.
and it is fit for nothing put stove
wood"
'sThe boss viii be as mad IS 6 hoE-
netr' vOUchsafed the other.
And they resumed their cutting.
Like my hODes!' murmured JOha
Kent, watching them. 1.-The old tres
IS a delusiOn.
Presently it began to totter. and the
choppers had just time to jump TO one
side when it fell with great crash.
and twigs and bits of bark flew in ala
directions.
One of the men climbed up its hoS-
low trunk and began looping on the
limbs.
John Kent stepped forward intend
ing to ask for 81 piece OF the old tree as
g souvenir, when the man among the
limbs dropped his AK and jumped eE-
citodly to the ground.
''IiO, Jimi' he cried. ''Here is a
tin box wedged into the forks. Maybe
there's gold in it, for old Sam. Kent
was considerable of miser, and this
may be some of his store.
THAT is certainly q box that be-
lOnged to my uncle, ~ said Kent, ap-
preaching. Jam Mr.. Kent's nephew
The man who had discovered the
box, pulled it from its hiding place,
and muttering something about 'Find-
ings being keepings, passed 10 ever to
Kent.
With trembling hands the young
man wreuchea off the rusty lid, and
the young men bent forward eagerly to
see what it contained.
Only a bundle OF papers, yellow
with age. and tied together with .
faded piece of biue ribbon.
''Only papersF' they cried, in chorus,
and turned away in disgust.
John Kent, however, seized the
package, and brushing aside the mold
the tOpmost paper:
Last WIN aud Testament Of Samuel Kent
YeOman."
''FOuud st lastr' he cried. iOyfully.
''Thauk heaVen!"
He dropped the empty box. ard yyav-
ing the papers triumphantiy in the
air, ran toward EIIa Osborne, who Was
advancing To meet hiTn.
"Thc will is fOundH' he cried.
And both. very much excited, pro-
Ceeded TO deciPner the Grabbed writing
Of the mOldy document.
1t was indeed the old farmers last
Will. and in it he bequeathed all his
property land. cattle and. stOCks--tO
his dearly beloved nephew, John
Kent.
cit is a perfectly legal document. ''
said Nicholas Warner. when the mat
ter was laid before him. ''We viii
90 to a lawyer tomorrow, Mr.. Kent.
and I will turn over TO YOU the prop
srty, and the profits for the last i've
years.
The news of John Kent's good for
tune spread like wildfre, and con-
gratulatiOns poured in on him from
every quarter.
When he visited the village, next
day, Miss Kate Merriman met
him on the street and greeted him
gushingly.
81 am SO sorry" said she with be-
witching smile, that did not sec Won
when you called yesterday"
The servant told me You wers
not at home 10 me, said
Kent, coldly; "but Ella Osborne
has promised to be my wife, and
after we are married ] shall always
be at home to you. - George ~.
Sgn5O1zds.