Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-09-14
SHE MADE HER WILL.
But Her Many Relatives Wore
Hardly Pleased With It.

Miss Gallipot was certainly very rich
and was said to be enormously So And
her wealth hadscome TO her quite unex.
pectedly.
1t would have been natural that her
cousin, old Josephat Gallipot (of the
firm OF Gallipot &c Jams), who was
known to be millionaire, should have
left her something handsome. But no
one could have guessed he would make
her his heiress, least Of all after she
had quarreled with him.
After he had been widower twenty
years old Josephat Gallipot made up
his mind to marry 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 1t will make
any difference whether write to you or not.
But have regard for you and feel 1t on my
conscience TO do what l can TO prevent your
bringing great misery on yourself.
"You have perfect right to marry again II
YOU choose and you can certainly afford to pick
o wife who has nothing but herself TO recon-
mend her. But the girl you are choosing would
be dear at the price II she brought you her own
weight In gold, and she's no feather by the look
OF her
''She will make you miserable. and would
beg you to draw back from giving her the OPP.
portunity She has no affection for you, and II
YOU have any for her 1t will make 1t the worse
for YOU Your sincerely afectionate cousin,
SARAH GALLIPOT."
To this letter no reply was sent, and
n week later the milkman's fiancee be-
came Mrs. Gallipot No further COM
rpunication took place between the
cousins, and 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. He wrote:
nTo nv wife l bequeath my memory know
Inc that my love has been enough Tor her, ano
mat she has saved well during the two years OF
o,,r welded life, for do not believe that ouI
household expenses have been scventy-hVe
thousand dollars per annum
.ro NV cousin, Sarah Gallipot, bequeatt
ahg0lutclV
rccoonitlon of her candor and sincerity anc
with unayailing regret that did not profit by
her warning"
The will was dated fortnight before
his death, and in process was duly
proved and administered.
Then Miss Gallipot discovered how
tcnderly she was loved, and how count
,as. ,yore her kinsmen and kinswomen'
For fifty-nine years she had been IN
tho habit of considering herself as
rather alone in the world In her SIX
,;eth year she found it was not SO.
Nieces dropped from the sky, neph
ovs rose from the earth, the clouds
distilled godchildren on to her head an'
cousins fell around her like hailstones
Nor did they come empty.
Some brought game from the coun
trv some sent choice fruits from thei'
hothouses. .duo,
IF she had lived to be seven hundred
and eighty she could not have worI
art the coy bedroom slippers tina
were worked for her, and II she ha'
had as many mouths as the Nlle sn'
could never have drunk up all the wines
that were sent her. A.,
nevonshire cream came out OF tn
-. cakes of all sizes, shapes and de
scrintions came down from the nortl
and oysters from all quarters came rap
ping at her door, - ,hot ,c
And the letters of affection tha' az
.,;.d theml These pass all de
ser;rt;cn. and should have convince'
shsir recirient that of all the old iadi !
.hst had ever lived she was herself IN
dearest, most charming eud 'ncs' %
loved by her freienas'