Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-26

friends during life whom ne could CAL
friends and three OF them wep. ss lis
grave
Hearing Of his death q large number
of his relations had presented them
selves al his house in New York and
commenced interferences which were
boldly and decisively checked By Mrs
Delaro and the lawyers Many Of them
were persons who treated the de--d mill
! ionaire very badly before he migrated
to California. but they had often en-
| deavored 20 become more intimate with
! him in later years- These he had sue
cessfully kept al arms length: neverthe-
/ less they rallied like carrion crows,
! filled with the fond hope that be had
! not forgotten his relations in MS last
hours, and all expected that their names
/ would be found in the will in connec-
/ ton with fat legacies- Had they been
mindful of the old proverb how much
less severe would have been their dis
/ appointment
| In most cases they were ignored al.
/ together and only few of their
names were mentioned in the will
] which was few weeks later
/ admitted TO probate. To the asuonish-
ment OF all, and more especially TO the
New England relatives, the bulk of
/ Joel Wilcox's wealth including mining
! and railroad stocks representing enorm-
| Gus sums he beQuearhed TO Percy Lowell
| To Mrs Delaro he left nearly all his
! California estates and among them was
| the Posada vineyard which was now
once more the property OF the Delaros-
! To Armlda he gave his beautiful
mansion and grounds in the Sonona
valley, and the rest of his few
| requests consisted OF various sums left
/ TO charitable institutions and those Of
his relatives for whom he had still re-
tanned some regard This, briefly. was
the last will and testament of Joel
Wilcox
| Il was not until his body was laid to
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 to
/ assist her in every way to accom- pIish
| the purpose Of her life had left her side
/ and she mad grave fears that her
| efforts might now fall short Of her one
cherished desire.
The house in which Mr.. Wilcox had
/ died soon became too dreary place for
Armida TO be confined in and her mother
noticed IL 1t would never do to see
! the healthy color leave those cheeks
! a change must be sought, and that very
/ soon Yet something ought to be
| learned Of Percy Lowell. thought Mrs
/ Delar0 What was to be learned came
/ soon TO hand, but it was eminently I'M
! satisfactory.
/ The letter from the American Consul
at Buenos Ayres merely stated that
! gentleman travelling as Mr.. Byron
| Huntly had appeared in that city. out
/ his stay had been only a brief one He
had taken a trip into the interio-, he
/ said, and nothing had been heard from
/ him since. Bot as such occurrences
/ were not infrec. dent II had caused 10 Sc
| rious investigations to be made, thongh
| should any other news come TO hand the
| Consul promised to advise Mr.. Wilcox.
| This letter did not ar-:Es unI1 a.~<ssr
| Mr.. Wilcox's death, and it troubled
Mrs. Delaro not little. She had heard
| that Mr.. limerick was again in New
| York. and she had advised Mrs Bregy
OF the fact, but had not seen that good
woman since.
Some few weeks later another letter
arrived from Buencs Ayres conveying
the sad intelligence that the body of a
man. dressed exactly as the supposed
Mr.. Huntlv was known TO have dressed.
| had been taken from the river few miles
below San Nicholas. the last place from
whence tidings Of the traveller had been
received
This communication was great blow
TO Mrs. Oelaro. What should she do
now that she had no adviser left? And
how should she complete the only pur-
pose she acknowledged in her life?
Then there was all that idle wealth of
Percy's, left him by Mr.. Wilcox-whas
| would become Of that? She finally felt
that the thought OF all that had hap
pened within the past few months would
be too much for her among such close
associations and constant reminders of
it. SO she resolved to go away and seek
in change Of scenes at least a little re-
pose. She would leave every thing in
the lawyers hands and go to Europe.
While these thoughts were passing
through her mind Armida walked into
the room where her mother was sitting
and said that Mr.. Blodger had just made
hurried visit and had been speaking
of Mrs. Breezy. He had told her that it
was almost impossible to get the
Frenchwonan 10 leave New York, now
that she knew that Mr.. limerick, whom
she still persisted in abiding to as her
husband, was in town She had ayowed
her intention of seeing him face to
face, though her efforts up to the pres
ent had proved unsuccessful To-day
she had learned that he was down at his
Office very often far into the night, and
she was determined to approach him and
demand an interview that very evening.
But. fearing, that some harm might befan
her. Mr.. Blodger had gone down TO Mr..
Emerick's office to try and induce the
mysterious merchant TO give the woman
hearing and dispel her strange fancy.
Il trust he will be successful" said
Mrs Delaro. quietly, for it is better
that the poor woman should know the
truth"
As Mr.. Blodger entered the Office Of
limerick and Company. the surviving
member Of that firm sat in a chair in
his private Office gloating over the item
OF news in a Buenos Ayres newspaper
stating that the body of Mr.. Byron
Huntly had been picked up in the La
Plata river. What his reasons were
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