Telegram-herald., 1890-12-16

- "-A-@ -N-tA- - "a . 41A-s 4-A
sAsrisd - the Sss YoFk Csntsal Depos
-a@rs L ~as placed GA train aad eoa-
ssf~d - ths Sss kaglaad village . acre
a1 hAd expressed 9salss ~ BE- buried
aFa bsl4ro aad ArsniaA accompanied
ths o0cy, As also dld MI Bisdzer. AL
- tao lass fibes sers adams lered sa4t
sefrhesFte1 old geatieaAa wiped away
ois tears from HIS sgss sith a faFing
rel silk hsndkeEebist he could hardly
tAink lk ssas shss shs close friend q hls
early t4gs aad assa carried 0d % sud
d-alg aai Is sAs sith a sal hears that
he turned his back ga she grave. There
S4s No ostsatatious display every sAlng
sas staple as tie honest ed mlllion-
aires life Aaa been. tic had bat feN
e sads darlng hfs whom 10 could call
fgisnds aad three u them Wept a. ais
grave.
Hearing % bis death large Aunber
OF his relations bad presented them
selves a. his house la New York and
commehced interfoFences which were
boldly and dscisiyely checked by Mrs..
peiafo and the lawyers. Many of them
we're persons Nk0 treated the dead mile
ionaire very badly before be migrated
% California bat they had often en-
deaT0red e. become more intimate with
him In later years These 10 had suo-
eessililY kept a. arms lsngths aeyerthe-
less thsY rallied. ike caErion crows
filed with she foni hope taat he had
not Forgotten his relations In bis last
hoRrs. and al expected that their names
~aald Be found ia the sill IN connec-
tioa with fat legacieA Had they been
mindful % the ola provefb how much
less sevsse would have beea their dis
appointment
Ia naost eases they were ignored al
together aa4 only . few Of their
names were mentioned in the will
which vas fsu weeks later
adnitted 70 probate. 70 the astoaish-
ment Of AL. and more especially 10 the
New England relatives, the bulk OF
Joel WilcOx's wealth including mining
and railroad stocks representing enoFm-
Gus sums he bequeathsd 70 Percy Lovel.
To Mrs. Delaro ne left nearly all his
California estates and among them was
the Posada vineyard which was now
once more the property Of the Delaros.
To Armida he gave his beautiful
mansion and grounds in the SOnoma
valley. and the rest OF his few
bequests consisted OF various sums left
O. charitable institutions and those Of
his relatives for whom he had still re-
tanned some regard. This, briefly, was
the last wiA snd testament of Joel
Wilcox.
II was not unsl his body was laid 10
rest that Mrs DelarO thoroughly com
pretended how true and staunch a
friend she had lost and she now felt
very much alone in the world. True,
her daughter remained; but the stout
hearts who had passed their word 20
assist her In every way TO accomplish
the purpose % her life had left her side
and she nad grave fears that her
oTcsts might now fall short of her one
cherished desire.
The house in which Mr.. Wilcox had
died soon became too dreary q place for
Armida 20 be confined in and her mother
noticed L. - would never do 70 see
the healthy color leave those cheeks
change must be sought and that very
soon. Yet something ought 20 be
learned Of Percy Lovel, thought Mrs.
Delaro. What was 10 be learned came
soon 20 hand. but IL was eminently un-
satisfactory.
The letter from the American Consul
a. Busnos Ayres merely stated that a
gentleman travelling as Mr.. Byron
Huntly had appeared in that city. but
his stay had been only brief one. lie
had taken a trip into the interior, ne
said, and nothing had been heard from
him siace. But as such occurrences
we're not infrequent it had caused no Sc
rious Investigations to be made. though
should any other news come 20 hand the
Consul promised 70 advise Mr. Wilcox.
This letter did not arrive until after
Mr. Wilc0x's death, and it troubled
Mrs. Dolaro not little. She had heard
that Mr. Emoricx was again IN New
York. ani she had advised Mrs. Brery
OF the fact, bat had not seen that good
woman since.
some few weeks later another letter
arrived from Baenos Ayres conveying
the SAD intelligence shat the body Of a
man. dressed exactly as she supposed
Hr Imtly was known % have dressed,
BAD been taken from the river few miles
bclow san Nicholas, tae last place from
F. wnenee alings Of the traveller had been
rc vei
fbis communicltion was great bloN
to Mrs Deiaro. What should she dc
nov taat She ha1 no alvisor left9 And
h9N shcu.d sbn complete the only pnr
-,,ee -rr r-L.r.a... q O. y sod in har lffn'
Then tao-o uas an that idle wealth ol
rerTs. lsft BIN bT Mr. wilcox what
roall hecoma ~ taat' She dnallv fel'
thas Che thought 80 an taat had hap
roned within tae rast few months would
bc eco much Cor her emonr sueh close
associa tions and constant reminders Of
it. So she resolved % 20 away and sees
ia change of scenes at isass Nttle re
uasa she would leave every thing IL
Tho iswger's bands and ~ 20 Earope.
vnHe these thoughts were passins
through her mind Armiia walked intg
tao room where her mother vas sittinl
ara sa.I trat M- BlodEer Lad fast n ld.
narried visis and bad been speskins
81 Mrs BreEv He sad tod her that Il
VAS almost impossible So get tnf
frenehwornan 90 leave New Norg, nos
fhat sre knew taat NJ limerick. whom
sae sefli nersis-sd in sllailn- - aa he
husband. vas In town. she bad sVo~et
ho- intaation ef seeing aim face Z
face. thouuh her sforts uD 81 the pres
ent had proved unsuccessful Io-dal
a. had learned shat be was down a. hl
sfn.a very often FAR into t'e night snt