The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-05-31

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CHAPTER ".

that month, Cullen was called out to
hie gate by one of his neighbors on
his return from town. who, after some
conversation. rode away.
What d;d Mr.. Haddock want, Gull
len, dear?" asked Hannah. lyon look
serious. as if he had brought bad
news"
They're not as good as I would have
preferred to get. Hannah; he says
brother propounded to-day. in the
court of ordinary, fathers will.
''Is that so? Why, heard father
tell you he wasn't going to leave any
will
so you did"
What do you make of it?',
Nothing. except that l believe
fraud was put upon him; for father
was a man of truth. l knew from
mother that nc made will shortly
after our marriage, but she told me
just before she died that he had de-
stroyed it. Perhaps he destroyed an
other paper, believing it was that"
Did Mr.. Haddocl1 tell you what WIS
In it?''
''Yee; he heard Mr. Flint talking
about it on the street He was one of
the witnesses. and the only one that
Carruthers and William Lilly Mr.
Lilly is~dead. and Owen is sick Mr.
Flint said that this place and the ne
glocs and stock on it are left to me,
besides two thousand dollars in money
to buy more land with, the rest goes
to brother
And what do you suppose that would
amount top
Il couldn't say, but considerably
over n hundred thousand dollars"
And what that left to you?"
about seven or eight thousands
Wasn't something LETT to Pearce?'
''Of course not Pearcc wasn't born
when the will was made
Almost nothing oyou, and nothing
to the child that was named after him,
and that he seemed so fond OFF,
The sight of her disappointment. of
her gricf and shame. made him sick ut
heart He went away from her for
awhile. When he came back, she said:
~ wonder Mr.. Flint would have wit
messed such WILL Cullen; he always
was-at least I always thought he was
IA good friend of our family"
.'Of course ho was, and is Such as
that doesn't hinder a person from
merely signing his name Us witness to
a business paper. Generally, at least
often. witnesses to wills know nothing
Of what's In them. In this case Mr..
Flint didn't. Haddock says he heard
the old man say that he bcrated broth
err in the ordinary's office about it, tell
ing him it was shame, and that If he
had suspected what was In 1t he never
would have signed And brother an
swercd, so he said, that he intended,
If didn't make too much fuss about
it TO allow nc something more, he
didn't say what"
And what are You going TO do about
#, ticar??''
y can't say yet; bat will take moth
ing from brother rs gift
Wouldn't you make a compromise
with him OF any sort?"
No, And now, Hannah. beg you
not to interfere. You see that under
stood Wiley better than you did"
She forbore to reply, bat he could
sec that his words did not satisfy her
Little was said about it during the rest
of the week. On Saturday morning
Cullen went into town. repairing to
Dabney's office at q corner of Hancock
street and the courthouse square.
Good morning. Cullen" said the
lawyer. 1--WE been expecting you
''Howd'ye, Arthur? Yes. thought
I'd consult you about this will of IA
ther's."
Nothing could have been more sur.
prising to me. I'd heard at one time
your father was not well satisfied with
you for some cause or other, but l
thought he had become entirely recon
ciled. Indeed, he seemed to me, dur
ing his last three Or four years, to be
particularly fond of you-more so,
suspected, than of Wiley
Yes; brother put him against Han
nah, making him feel for awhile that
had lowered the family by marrying
her, but he got over that, at least SO
Ii appeared, in less than year. He did
make his will, SO mother told me, but
she said on her dcathbed that he had
destroyed it. Not long before he died
he said to me distinctly that he would
not leave will and that brother had
counseled him so, suggesting that he
and could divide the estate without
resort to the conrt. Rather suspicious
looking thing, isn't ftp"
''It Is, indeed Was your father en-
tirely in his right mindY"
Entirely; and there isn't O doubt
but what he believed the truth of what
he said. lie was devoted to our baby,
and seemed Us fond of Hannah rs no
was of Sister Julia. Is it possible to
do anything, do you think?''
mot that l can see, unless it can be
shown that your father at the time OF
executing the will was not OF dispos-
ing memory, or that the influence of
Wiley upon him was such as he was
not strong enough to resist"
Neither of these could be estab
lishcd, | suppose-the first certainly
not. don't doubt that brother had
possession of the paper, and either
kept father from destroying it or made
him believe that 1t had been DONE"
sit dates back to July, 1880, no.
ticed. That was not long after your
marriage. If don't forget"
.'Yes; about q month";
Your father had acquired some real
estate since then, hadn't hep"
Yes, he bought another plantation
on the river and the place beyond me- :"
That's lucky, as far as it goes
You'll be entitled to Your portion of
them, as they could not pass by
the will. For the rest, Cullen,
am sorry to say, as it seems now, you
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