River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-31
SHE MADE HER WILL.
Eut Her Many Relatives Were
Hardly Pleased With II.

hdEuly ElGdSG0 WIN III.
Miss Gallipot was certainly very rich
and was said To be enormously So And
her wealth had come q her quite unex-
pectedly.
IL would have been natural that her
cousin, old Josephai Gallipot tof the
firm of Gallipot 4 Jamsl. who was
known To be a millionaire, should have
left her something handsome But no
one could have guessed he would make
her his heircss, least Of all after she
had quarreIcd with him
After he had been a widower twenty
years old Josephat tiallipot made up
his mind To MARI his kitchen maid
who was not more than forty years his
Junior and was engaged To the milk
man.
Then Miss Gallipot wrote him let
ter.
my DEAR jos don't suppose il VII make
any difference whether write 20 you or not
But have a regard for you. and fet IL on my
conscience 70 do what can 10 prevent your
bringing great misery yourself
'-You have perfect right TO marry again Il
you choose. ana you can certainly afford % pick
wife who has nothing but herself 10 recon
mend her But the girl yOu are choosing would
he dear az the price IL she brought sou her own
weight in gold. and shc's no feather by the look
OF her
she viii make you miserable. and would
hes sou 10 draw back from giving her the op-
portuuity. she has no affection for you. and II
YOU have any for her IL viii make IL the worse
for you Your sincerely aifectionate cousin.
SARAH GALLIPOT"'
To this letter no reply was sent. and
a week later the milkman's fiancee be-
y g. H..
munieation took place between the
cousins. and a couple Of years after
ward JOsephat GalliPot went the way
of all flesh.
No one was more simply astonished
than Miss Sarah Gallipot when she
learned that she had succeeded To his
entire fortune. lie wrote:
To my wife ! hequeath my memory. know
fnC that INV love has been enough for her, and
that she has saves' wen during the two years Of
our welded life. lrr do not believe that our
household cxpens.s have been seyenty-hve
thousand dollars per annum-
ITO my cousin. sarah tsaliipot bequeath
a. soIuteIy All ms real aud personal estate in
recognition ~ her candor and sincerity. and
with uuavailing regret that did not profit by
her warning
The will was dated a fortnight before
his death. and in process was duly
proved and administered
Then Miss Gallipot discovered how
teuderly She was loved. and how count
less were her kinsmen aud kinswOmen.
For fifty-nine wears she had been IN
the habit ~ considering herself as
rather alone in the world. In her six
tieth year she found it was not so.
Nieces dropped from the sky. neph-
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distilled godchildren on 10 her head and
cousins fell around her like hailstones-
Nor did they come empty.
Some brought game frnm the coun-
try. some sent choice fruits from their
hothOuses.
II she had lived To be seven hundred
and eighty she could not have worn
out the coy bedroom slippers that
were worked for her. and If she had
had as many mouths as the Nile she
could never have drunk up all the wines
that were sent her.
DevOnShire cream came ont Of the
west: cakes Of all sizes. shapes and de-
scriptions came down from the north
and oysters from all quarters came rap
ping at her door
And the letters of affection that ac-
cOmpanicd them, These pass all de-
scription. and should have convinced
their recipient that of all the old ladies
that had ever lived she was herself the
dearest. most charming and most be-
loved by her freicuds.
Eleven years after the death Of old
JOsephat ia .ipOt his cousin and heiress
followed him.
II.
almost the beginning of IL the old lady
had declared that II would De her last
on earth.
Her house. Gray Court. was a very big
one. but IL was soon filled 10 overflow
ing-tilled with nicccs and nephews.
cousins and godchildreu, all eager To -
iii at the death"
Each had received a similar letter
from the old lady'S housekeeper saying:
Miss Gallipot thanks you for your de-
sire 10 come and bid her good-by. but
she begs you will not take the trouble
Of coming - far. She appreciates al
your affection. but would not like -
t-cspaSs- IT. however, yOu insist on
coming have her orders - prepare
room for you-~
And each one came.
Each found a comfortable apartment /
made ready for his or her arrival /
and each found Scripture text in large
capital letters framed upon the mantel-
piece The text was the same in each
room: Where the carcass i there
shall the eagles he gathered together"
Gray Court was full Of guests. but not
one Of them was admitted II the dying
chamber Of the hostess
The doctors. OF the nurse, or the old
hOusekeeper seemed always on guard,
and il would have been easier II slip
past a sentry than TO get past them
on the last day of the old year the
life Of their hostess ebbed away: and
while the muffied peal was ringing out
over the frozen fields her naked soul
erept shivering out into the night
ON the eve of the twelfth day was the
funeral. and. after 1t, all received a
mandate from the deceased's lawyer 70
attend the reading Of the viii
IL was read in very large room. like
q storeroom. in which they all found
themselves for the first time.
- Ths VII commenced with liberal be ]