Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-05-10

give and bequeath the share OF my
property, which was TO have gone To
my nephew, John Kingsley, now de-
ceased, TO the gentleman who asst sted
me when fell on Bowdoin street, July
q, 1888 And then il went on 10 give
the particulars OF the accident, To de-
scribe the gentleman and what he said
and did, and ended by giving $1,000 for
searching him out:
"Well. you can imagine my surprise
when Winthrop told me this tale, and
his. also, when | told my side OF the
story. or course, there was trouble
proving the thing. ! thought some of
sending for you, but Mrs. Mellison-
you know her saw me and remember
ed She circumstance. / wasn't par
ticularly anxious to have the thing go
on, but Allen insisted and so did his
father.
well, the long and the short of il
was, that the executors. of whom Mr.
Winthrop. senior was one, paid over
TO me $47, 900, which have had ever
since.
Now, Wheeler, these are the cold
facts of the matter, but the best is TO
come. This only eliminated last week,
but, as il will have to be known be fore
long, | will give you the story strai ght,
so you may help me i'm denying any
false reports that may get aloat OF
course, | don't want you 10 give the
whole thing away as | tell it TO you;
but the real facts will help you to know
what not TO say.
lin settling up the estate. OF course
h.f 1 oh
Mr.. Kingsley's family. vowed |
wouldn't accept the money if any of the
heirs objected, but they didn't. | was
rather in hopes they would, for then |
would have been out Of the thing. But,
no! they persisted in valuing my little
service Of three years ago, at the old
geutleman's estimate. judged. by
what they said, that he had pondered
over it, and, like Hamlets melancholy,
growing by what it fed on, he had
come TO think of me, in his second
childhood as a sort Of good man in
fairy tale.
well, this is DEPRESSING.
81 met the family first in old Mr.
Winthrops Office. They were all there;
all the heirs. There wern't many
eight or ten guess. Then | had TO
go with Mr.. Winthrop to Mr. Kings
ley's old house, then TO his brothers in
Brookline. That trip TO Brookline
settled it for me. Now, my dear
Wheeler, you should know that the
nephew, into whose shoes ! stepped
had a sistcr-an only sister-and now
an only child. We had met in Mr..
Winthrop's Office but our acquaintance
didn't really begin until that day in
February. 1t was the third. | remem-
Der il perfectly.
"Well, TO shorten my story again.
we met good many times from that
memorable third day of February,
until last week it came to an end
1--WE shall meet no more as before"
II went down 10 Beverly Farms,
where she is, and came back a poorer
man by 1900 and some odd American
dollars; but, pardon me, Wheeler, this
is no idle sentiment-richer than ever
before. Come down with me next
week. and | will introduce you TO the
future Mrs. Ainsworth. I.gave her
brothers share Of Mr.. Kingslev's
property as wedding present.
Remember what | said about his
shOesP"
Indeed, do Gedney. But there's
something of a moral about your
story. Your good, but trining, service,
returned rich interest. If you were
minister instead of II banker,
you might make quite sermon out
of il,
81 suppose so. But it has taught me
more than all the sermons ! ever
heard though not more than all |
mean to hear. | hope. But no more
moralizing. | have your promise for
visit TO Beverly Farms next week,
and, mind you. not a word about what
you once called my Beacon street
bravery. Yankee Blade.