The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-04-14
CHAPTER XIV.

MT. fllnt nat spoken IN public OF the
will In such terms of blame that Amer
son began TO avoid him. Dabncy,
hearing OF this, asked Rachels 20 re-
quest him 10 call at the Office when he
next came 20 town. So on the next
Saturday, his day for coming in, while
slipping his first toddy at the "Dig In
dian" Rachels said:
Uncle Lishy, Squire Dabney was In
here not long back and he asked me 70
tell you, the first time sec you, he
wished you'd stop in his office, as he
wants 10 have little talk with you
about matter"
Squire Dabneyl' said the customer,
setting down the tumbler which he
was raising. "Why, what do he want
along OF me, yo' reckon, Gustic?
never had no business with him, ex-
ccptin' TO get him 10 draw mp will for
me, and / paid him for that, like |
nllays do for everything as | 90 mp.
Did he say what IL was about?"
"No, sir; but got the idee somehow
IL might be about the Anderson will.
He never let on In them words, but
somehow gcthercd that idee.r
'Pearcc Amcrson's will Why, my
Lord, / got nothin' TO do long OF
Pearce Amerson's will, exceptin
were one o. the witnesses, and ben
sorry for that ever sence heard how
ag'in' Cullen IL went, that were my
favorite 'mong his two boys, and
told Vile SO. But that's every blessed
thing had TO do with It'll"
ttIf r,,ov,.ft Io that ITun1, 4 ;ei. A..
for that will, tia shame il were ever
made, and it'll be pity II it amt
broke"
Come, now, Gustus, come, -..w,
can foller you fur as that A mans
Wills his will. The law say that, and
1t won't let her DC broke onlest they Is
mighty plfin good reason for IL. The
law, hsy tell me, is very p'inted IN
sech case, which and IL ought 20 be. :"
''That may be so; but s'pcse the old
man thought he done destroyed IL
after making II, and s'pose he were
Rendered from destroying II by some
body unbelSnownst, which TO my opin-
ion that's so?"
"Ah, Gustus, bat such as that
have To be prove pine-blanl1. It's n
troublesome case NIL round. Poor Gull
lcnl but IL amt a-hurtin' OF him now.
Yet there's his wldder and orphin child
that IL seem ruther hard on them
been a-hopln' they'd compromise II,
which as for brcalin' will dry so, be-
cause IL don't read accordin 20 what
people think they'd do II II was them
and theirn, can't but be agin' scch
as that. ] got will myself which
some mayn't like when I'm gone, and
the bcginnin' OF n example o. brcalrn'
wills out and out, 'thout up and down
good reason, can't go Ia that extent
myself. Well, III swallow the balance
of my toddy and then go and see what
Arthur Dabncy want with me"
Repairing TO tho ofiloo and assigned
chair he took from his pocket bis
cut and said:
arthur call You Arthur because
you was raised right there by me, and
you've never talked or done lilo you
feel like you got above your raisin'--"
That's right, Mr.. Flint, That's
what prefer you To call me-"
''Jcs' so; be II so, then. werc goin
10 say that Gustus Rachels told me you
wanted TO see me, and so I've come:
and II you hain't a objection 10 it, I'll
eat o biscuit, because I've jcs now took
teddy ut Gustus' Big Injun.' as they
call IT, and sho amt goin' To do me the
good benefits I'm a-countin' on from
her 'ithout put little somethin' on
top Of her where she went, II you'll OK
cusc mo-"
Certainly, Mr.. Flint; mako yourself
entirely at homo. thank you for
coming Ionly want 20 chat with you
little about old man Amerson's will
An unfortunate piece OF business,
wasn't it?"
Very unfortunate. and a onexpc &
edcr TO RE don't reflect"
81 had heard that you were much
surprised and good deal distressed
10y H. Indeed, so far as ! can hear.
everybody In Baldwin county is-cx-
ccpt, OF course, Wiley Anderson. who
thinks he has everything In his sling.
as they say"
mis- father before him were an ana.
bition kind OF man about the gittin' a.
prop'ty and holdin' on 20 IL. There's
where Wiley got II. Now his mother
were dlfPer'nt, and Cullen he took art.
ter her. A Zine boy, a uncommon flne
boyl weren't right; that Is. To my
opinion, which business it's none o.
mine; but 10 me II don't appear right;
but there II Ia, you zee. Arthur. Now.
that will you writ for me. one o. my
sons amt n-goin' 90 like II when I'm
out o the way, but the law. you know,
Is ag'in the"
That's oil perfectly truo, Mr.. Flint
Regarding your will, other people,
whether John thinks 80 or not. will
say II was right, and certainly there
cpn be no suspicion regarding II. This
case Is ycry different. la this there
has been great fraud somewhere. and