The Springdale news., 1889-12-20

''Julla he said, II want you to come and sit penr me"
 She seated herself at the erd of the table, facing him. Then he took his cru.ch aud cane ard hob bled to q great old oaken cabinet, from n drawer of which he took q fold ed paper. With this he return ed to his easy-chaIr, and laid his crutch and cane aside. His right leg was powerless, or nearly so. A few years before ,he bone had broken sboye the knee, anu had not again knitted together.
 He lad the paper upon the table and rested his hand upon. it; then he look ed up from beneath hls shag- gy eyebrows.
 "Jolia, you arc of age, and are, Tn a measure, your own mis- tress."
 The girl nodded assent.
 "And am of age, and am my own master?"
 Julia did not dispute his second proposition.
 Aye" pursued the old man, with interesting vigor in his em- phasts, "and l am master of moro than that-I am master of Eddy s,de and all that belongs to It. Do you realize that you have been my charge these many, many yearsY In fact, that you have been dcpen dent upon me from your childhood, up2@
 Dear grandfather, you have been kind to me, you have bean all that Il loving parent could have been l owe you much than l can ever repay love and deyo tlon."
 "Ah! Julia, thero you Int it. You can repay me in devotion. You xnow the one wlsh Of my life which is yet unified"
 The girl shuddered from head to foot. and momentary pallor overspread her face; but she quick ly recovered herself, and 1t was ev- ,dent from her elasped hands and compressed lips that she was sum- monlng her strength of self.control to her aid.
 The old man paused as though for his grandchlld to speak; but as she remained silent, he went on:
 "You know the wish to which l alludo, and that you may know how strongly my heart is set upon it, and how firm my resolution is, l am gong to read to you my will, or at least so much of It az has to do with the cast in hand l 4e took up the folded paper and openedto It was broad sheet, and bore a read ael. He looked up ov. CT his spectacles, bus'he glrl made no sign. Her self-control vas com. plete. Evidently she knew what was coming.
 l Seeing that his grandchild was prepared to listen, he commenced to read, and, as he had said, read so much as was necessary to convey the idea he had in mlnd.
 And this was the idea of that wlll, fully set forth, and explicitly stipulated: First, it was the testa tors earnest desire that his grand. daughter, Julia Everleth. and his adopted grandson, Christopher Murkwaith, should marry; and in case of said marriage, the said Julia and Christopher were to be joint heirs of the property In case the marriage cid not take place during his-the testator's-life, then he de creed that they should marry with Tn six months and SIX days after his death. Should either refuse to marry the other, the one so refusing should be cut off with a single dol. lar of lawful money: and the eXecu- tors were directed, at the explration of six months and six days, if the marriage had not then taken place to ascertain which of the two had refused consent to the union, anC to convey the whole property, minus the one dollar, to the willing party Should Julia refuse. then Christo