San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-14
GRASPER'S HEIR.
THE END

Solomon Lyon, the artist, was in
luck. He had just received visit from
his Uncle Grsspers lawyer, who brought
the good news that he had been left a
sum of money by the old mans will.
The colegatee," said the lawyer, SIS
your uncle himself"
Solomon Lyon seemed stupefied
What do you say?"
VI say, your uncle himself. I will
explain. BY the terms of the will
which is in my hands, Mr. Grasper makes
you his heir, but on the condition that
you transfer to him one-half of the
fortune"
But how?"
by putting it with him into his cot
fin"
Mr. Graspers heir opened his eyes
wide.
And the clause is formal, SIR" con-
tinued the lawyer. "Your deceased
uncle has expires " stipulated that If
you fail to respect his wishes, you shall
be deprived Of all your rights to the
inheritance. In that case his entire
fortune is left to the poor of the town,
to whom the deceased confesses, with
a sincerity that does him honor, that
he never gave cent during his life
time"
But cried young Solomon, this
is absolute folly, my dear SIR.
mo, sir, it is not folly. The case is
very simple one. Mr.. Grasper was so
miserly as to astonish every one when
he died from disease rather than from
the perpetual fast WHICH be seemed to
intlict upon himself. And It would i'll
become you to complain, since it is in
consequence of this stinginess that he
succeeded in anna ssing, cent by cent,
the fortune which he has just left you.
Now you must be aware that the great
est torture of a miser is the thought
that after his death he will have none
Of the money whose possession was the
sole Joy Of his life. Thanks to the OBJ
legation which he imposes SP5h yA, he
assures to his remains the enjoyment of
Postnumohs fortune. Even whep dead
he will have portion of the money
which was the delight Of his eager eyes
and avaricious fingers. OF course he
will only have half; out if he had de-
manded the whole, he could not have
found an heir who would be an accom- |
plice, Obliged for self-protection to
carry out the wishes of the testator.
1t is to this reason alone, you may be |
sure, sir, that you owe the fortune |
which has been left to you. other
wise"-
"oh, that is plain enough" inter-
rupted Solomon Lyon.
We'll, sir, do you acceptP"
81 should think so. Half is better
than nothing at ALL"
We'll reasoned. Be so kind as to
sign this paper. Now let us attend TO
4 few details at once. There are some
bills which must be paid tomorrow,
the funeral expenses. Have
you plenty of moneY?"
II? l have dollar and seventy-five
,ents"
THAT is not enough, but the matter
an easily be arranged. A week before
lis death, your uncle, distressing
verybody, deposited all his money in
he bank. Here is check book which
'ou can use. Please draw 90; that
will be sufficient for the fu and
Or your immediate needs"
What said the surprised artist,
will they give me 5000 on my simple
gnature?"
"Yes, and $4,000 whenever you
ke," '
"Why, this is admirable, SIR"
Solomon Lyo. :, the landscape i
ainter, after re ing to the hotel,
lssed the night in state of agreeable /
swelling with pride at the S
ca that his name written on a piece t
paper was worth more than the t
lmes of a dozen members of the C
'ademy signed upon 100 feet of can v
IS, even when the latter was embel- +
she'd by gilded frames. One thought, C
troubled his pleasure; the il
cessity of depositing in his uncle's 81
fin half the fortune which he had
ceived so Unexpectedly. And as he
Y between dreaming and waking, he
ordered whether the recent events b
ire realities or Authorizations. al
The next morning he sprang out of tc
d, continuing his reflections, and, af- al
: washing himself in tub of cold lie
tier, prepared to complete the pain w
sacrifice. Taking a seat he drew CT