Nevada County picayune., 1889-07-24
THE CLERKS LEGACY.
It Is Inconvenient to Inherit From
 Living People.

James Wallace. a salesman in tn, dry goods store of Messrs. Fog X Mllet. was electrified one morning by receiving the following letter:
 SIR: In accordance with the pro- visions of the will of my late client Mir. Anthony Wallace, am directed to inform you that you have fallen heir to the sum of fifty thousand dol lars, not payable, however, till the end of the. year. In the meantime, you will receive the dividends quar- tcrlv. As the money is invested securely at eight per cent, this will amount to four thousand dollars annually. l send you a check for a thousand dollars in advance, sup posing that you may find its present use desirable. Yours respectfully,
 JoHN PopD, Attorney at Law.
 The delight of James Wallace in receiving this epistle may be imag- ined. Hitherto he had been confined to salary of six hundred dollars a year, which, of course, had competed him to live in a modest manner.
 Fifty thousand dollars, Four thousand dollars year! Isn't it glorious: Won't make things ny!'
 What do you mean by making things ivy" inquired his cousin John Wallace, who was employed in the same establishment.
 "Mean, my dear fellow? l mean to enjoy life. That's what l mean. y
 "Don't you enjoy it now:'
 "IIow can l, cooped up in this shop all the time? No, the first thing 1 will do will be to discharge old Fog and Milet. My days of slavery are over"
 II suppose you will go into some other busnessi"
 'Then you suppose wrong. With an income of four thousand dollars a year don't need to be tied to busi- ness.
 Then you will devote yourself to some study and cultivate your mind?"
 Nothing of the kind. tell you I mean to enjoy life"
 II hope you will-in the right way"
 Not in your way. You're too steady going for me. My plans are not arranged, except that 1 shall go to the Belleyillc Hotel to board, and next week give grand blowout in honor of my inheritance. Will you come 7"
 II won't promise. Might it not be more proper, considering Uncle Anthony's recent death, to postpone it?"
 Not a bit. l didn't know much of him. l haven't seen him since l was boy. By the way, l wonder he didn't leave you something. "
 He had . right to dispose of his property as he pleased, -
 "WeIl, if you don't complain, l don't. That is certain. y
 James Wallace lost no time ill establishing himself in handsome rooms at the Bellevlle Hotel, which he refurnished in costly manner. | At the end of a week he issued invi- tatons for his grand blowout " as he called it. About fifteen young men were invited, his cousin among them. John Wallace thought il might be churlish to refuse, and ac- cordingly accepted the invitation, but withdrew at half-past ten O clock finding the entertainment fast degcn- crating into a drunken revcl. The remainder kept it up till nearly morning, and few of them were II any condition for business the neX' day. James Wallace, being under no such necessity, did not rise til two O clock in the afternoon.
 As might he expected, hls bill fo furniture added to the expense of hi' entertainment, consumed entirely th' thousand dollars which had beer sent hlm-and all this in ten days However, the fact of his inheritance being known, he found no difficult, in obtaining credit any where. Having been accustomed to having his time fully employed, he found Il his present idIcness that It hun! heavily on his hands. His associates
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