The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-04

1dr. Ambrose Peck's Vaccinations
Prove His Defeat

Mr.. Ambrose Peck sat before his
desk in the law Office Of Steele 4
Snellings. buried in profound thought.
ii was after Office hours. and there was
no one present 10 disturb him With
his feet on the desk and his elbows on
the arms Of his chair. he slowly pulled
al his sandy mu~tache. while his keen
gray eyes fixed themselves uncon-
sciou-ly upon aspider which was spin
ming web across dusty pigcon-hole
above the desk.
Hang IT," he muttercd impatiently
10 himself. II wish that could SEQ
my way clear"
Mr. Peck was thinking Of his aunt.
the widow Of his greaf-unclc. Captain
Jollifer She was eighty years old
and lived in the old Jollife- mansion.
which had once been the pride Of the
village on whose outskirts X had stood
But the village had in time grown into
town. which slowly extending itself.
anaconda-likc. had swallowed up the
big brick mansion and the wide lawn
and garden. until they now formed an
entire square in the heart of the cor
poraficn. This real estate alone.
which. as Mr.. Peck reflected. could be
laid on in beautiful building lots. was
an itself fortune; though the old lady
had other property. 81 which Ambrose
well knew-thc firm Of which he was
head clerk being Mrs Jollifcr's law
- - -. -. -.
strictly legal way OF all this property
was the problem which was now so
profoundly exercising Mr.. Peck meE-
tal acumen-
He knew that Mrs Jollifcr had but
few distant relatives. and that these
she cordially hated. Indeed the
amiablc old lady had often been heard
90 decIarc in truly Spartan spirit that
rather thar leave any Of her property
10 4 those people. she = would burn
down the house over her own head =
A security against either altcrna-
tive. she took care 10 hare always on
hand. locked away in her private desk.
last will and testament. written with
her own hand and duly signed ard
ecalcd- OF the contents OF this docu-
ment she made no secret. having al
ways openly avowcd her intention Of
leaving her property 70 either her late
husbands grand-nephcw. Ambrose
Peck. or 10 a certain Miss Melissa
Judd. distant relative. who had for a
score Of years lived with her in the
capacity Of housckecpcr. nurse and
confidential companion. But the
troublc was that Mrs Jollifcr. being .
lady Of very uncertain mind and temper,
should every now and then have d
falling out with one or the other o,
her proposed heirs. in which case she
would invariably destroy the last.
made will and write a new one. cutting
on the offender with a legacy Of one
hundred dollars. and bequcaihing the
rest Of her possessions 70 the other,
with the exception Of m annuity TO heI
pet dog. Fido- In consequence OF thi.
popularity Mr.. Peck was continually
haunted BY the fear OF his respected
relative being suddenly called from
this sublunary sphere while one Of the
wills adverse 20 himself happened q
bc ia force; and he naturally felt II hi.
duty 70 form some plan In defense 81
his own interests
Presently Mr. Peck. having duly re
fcctcd. began 10 talk 10 himself in a
slow and emphatic tone.
-lcs-it's the only way 80 far as
can 60 On course she'll accept me II
propose Then. II 40 turns out TO be tbs
heir. III marry her tshis with an invol'
unfary grimacc) while. should the tinal
will be proven In my favor well. need
not consider myself bound BY the en-
.gagemcnt There Il Alicc-prettJ