The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-05
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When Owens rheumatism was upon
him a couch in his mothers chamber
was laid, which he accepted with more
or less complaining during his contine-
ment Between mother and son had
grown at last an understanding that
prevented domestic strife. The latters
irregularities were never commented
upon there, except between Mrs. Car
ruthers and Sally, whose excuses and
palliations were, under Heaven, the
best consolation to the mother.
Mistress" Sally said, many, many
times, when Marse Owen come home,
er he are fotch home top-heavy by
Marse Gus Rachels, 1t amt bercause he
des wanted to git SO; it's bercause he's
'ficted and can't hep it, en- dat aim so
mighty of'n. Now, you know yourself
1t ain, en- you earn deny it. 1t mostly
when he git money from dat Mis- Vile
Am'son; dat when it mostly air."
YES, and ! wish the poor boy had
never seen him"
"Ah. well, my miss, de Lord'I per-
wide; de Scriptur say dat"
One night, after owen had been in
bed near q week, Rachcls came In. A
visit from him always gratified the
widow and was fiattering to Owen. He
demanded and got fresh coverlet, and
so disposed himself as to appear a be-
coming object of sympathy. The visit
or, well understanding his soft, feeble
words of greeting, after shaking hands
passed on to the fireplace, where his
mother was sitting, took chair and
chatted with her about several matters
in the town. In little while he said:
"Missis Carruthers, everybody seems
to have their opinion about the way
old man Anderson left his property,
and thought I'd ask what you thought
of it,
s'Why, Mr.. Rachels, I do think it's
the very outrageOuSeSt and the mean
est will that ever heard of anybody's
making, be they respectable or disre-
spectacle"
but, map cried Owen. as If impatient
at another OF her oft-repeated ex-
pressions in the matter, you won't
consider that the law of the land let's
everybody do what they blame please
with their property when they've done
with it themselves"
$50 I've heard you say often, my son,
and been told so by other people. But
can't help from having my opinion
that it is pity for n man to give
almighty nigh every bit of his property
to one child, and him not a-deserving
of it nigh as much as the other that's
cut down to what in comparison is a
little scrap"
You are perfectly right, Missis
Carruthers," said Rachels, turning o
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couch. ''Such as that Is pity, and
gently it's founded on some sort of
devilment, some'res; and it's another
pity that devilmcnt can't always be
found out. People all over the county
Is disguised with such treatment of
Cullen ANDERSON, who was worth more
than q cow-pen of the sort of Vile,
and him now dead, but leaving q
widow and child-Owen," and he
turned directly towards him, ''you
ought to know something about that
will business. You was one of tie
witnesses"
''Yes, Gus, 1 was. AS for the old
man Anderson not being in his sound
senses, there weren't any sort of doubt
about that"
Nobody denies that; but the ques-
ton Is how come he to make such q
will, and the question is what he done
with it afterwards. Did you know
what was In 1t when you signed it?'
THAT l didn't, no more than Billy
Lilly and old man Flint, not one
grain"
'Din't you never hear the old man
and Wiley talk anything aSort it2"-
well now, Gus" removing the COW
erlet from off his breast, there's such
a thing as that q man ought to be ruth
er particular In the way fellow talks
about anything that he wasn't expect
ed to talk at all"
''Owen, just right here, before just
me and your mother, you might as
well come down off that high horse,
which it's no occasion for you to be
there ut such time and on such a
matter. You know I'm after no mean
ness In trying to git you to say what
you oughtn't. You've got to tell some
time In the court house what you
know. can tell you as a friend, that
never tried to do you any harm in your
life, that your telling me what you
know won't hurt you, and it may do
good when it's mighty plain some
good ought to be done If it can be
done"
Lord, Gus Rachels," he answered,
with some scorn, yet showing that he
felt that he was with his superior, s'I'm
on no high horse, and don't want to be.
You know 1 know you're friend to
me-and ma-the best we've got; and
I'm not afraid you want to get me into
difficulties. / know monSt'ous little
about the thing anyway, and"
"What did the old man say to Vile
about making the will?"
"You interrupt a man that way,
when was going on to say that did
happen to hear the old man say, one
time, and not but one time, that if that
piece, Hannah Enlow, expected to get
any of his property, she'd find herself
disappointed. She might disgrace the
family, he said, but she'd get nothing
by it. He said them words, or some
like 'em, one day as he came in the
office room when was busy writing,
from out the back room, where him
and Mr.. Anderson had been talking to-
gether for some time. I don't think he
saw me. If Ne did, he didn't notice,
but went on out. That was the day
before the will was signed. That's
every blessed thing I know about it.
When he come in the Office with Billy
Lilly and old man Flint, he just called
for that paper from Mr.. ANDERSON, and
then signed it, and called on us to wit
ness 1t, and then him and the other
two, when the thing was over, they
got up and went straight out the
office"
''He left the will with Wiley, didn't
he? and you saw what was in it after
wards, didn't your"