The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-09-05

people think they'd do II 1t was them
and theirn, can't but be agin' sechl
as that. / got q will myself which
some mayn't like when Pm gone, and
the beginnin' Of a example O breakin'
wills out and out, 'thout up and down
good reason, can't go to that extent
myself. Well, I'll swallow the balance
of my toddy and then go and see what
Arthur Dabney want with me-"
Repairing to the Office and assigned
chair he took from his pocket bis
cut and said:
"Arthur--I call you Arthur because
you was raised right there by me, and
you've never tsllred or done like you
feel like you got above your raisin'-"
That's right, Mr.. Flint That's
what prefer you to coll me-"
"Jes' so; be It so, then. were goin
to say that Gustus Rachels told me you
wanted to see me, and so I've come;
and if you hain't objection to it, I'll
eat biscuit, because I've jes now took
q toddy at Gustus' Big Injun, as they
call It, and she ANT goin' to do me the
good benefits I'm a-countin' on from
her ithout l put little somethin' on
top of her where she went, If you'll ex-
cuse me-"
Certainly, Mr.. Flint; make yourself
entirely at home. l thank you for
coming. Ionly want to chat with you
q little about old man Amerson's will.
An unfortunate piece of business,
wasn't it?"
every unfortunate, and a onexpect-
eder to me don't riclect."
~ had heard that you were much
surprised and good deal distressed
by it. Indeed, so far as / can hear,
everybody in Baldwin county is-ex-
cept, of course, Wiley Amerson, who
thinks he has everything in his sling,
as they say"
"His father before him were an am
bition kind Of man about the gittin' O.
prop'ty and holdin' on to It. There's
where Wiley got it. Now his mother
were differ'nt, and Cullen he took arf-
ter her. A fine boy, uncommon fine
boyl 1t weren't right; that is, to my
opinion, which business It's none O.
mine; but to me IL don't appear rights
but there 1t is, you see, Arthur. Now,
that will you writ for me, one O. my
sons amt a-goin' to like II when I'm
out O. the way, but the law, you know,
Is agin the"
What's all perfectly true, Mr.. Flint.
Regarding your will, other people,
whether John thinks 30 or not, will
say 1t was right, and certainly there
can be no suspicion regarding 1t. This
case is very different In this there
has been great fraud somewhere, and
! is Of utmost Importance to find out
what it was. wanted to see you and
ascertain what you might remember
In your intercourse with Pearce Amer
son to show that he had not such pref
erence for Wiley over Cullen as that
win indicates "NNwFT 0fFt9@f
Mr.. Flint stopped carefully, picked
up crumb, and, going to q window,
threw It out Resuming his chair, he
said, smiling
my old oman frekwent gives me 4
scold about drappin' crumbs about;
but as to that, don't know as know
anything exceptin' what everybody
know in our settlement. The old man
Amerson were monst'ous fond o.
Cullen, seem like to me, till
he got married to Harnah En-
low, when seem like soon arter that he
got put out aginst him; but then, in
no long time, about . year or sech a
matter, thought he had got ficonciled
to him, and even ain cludin' OK Harnah
know he was monst'ous proud when
their baby come and they named 1t