Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-15

Darling; tho Christian name of he
son was Thomas. / long ago REIN
bursed those who had suffered from m
embezzlement, and wish my entir
property to. be conveyed to this son.
, also desire you, on the recommends
, ton of DR.. Ashton To act as my eXecu
tor
He stopped as he had many time
while stating the above, and Mr.. Sew
ard inquired.
What if Thomas Darling is dead OF
connot be found?"
Dispose of my property for the bene-
fit of the poor" the dying man replied
The will was drawn up and properly
signed and witnessed without delay
Then, having placed it and the '@inven-
tory in his pocket, the lawyer took the
testators hand in his own, babe him
Good by" started to go from the room,
whispering as he did SO in the physi-
i clans ear:
BE sure to come to my Office at Z
this evening"
/ Dir. Ashton promised to do SO and the
lawyer took his departure.
In his office we again look upon Law
yer Seward, not calmly seated, as when
we first saw him there, but nervously
pacing to and fro, as he was LEFT there.
His reverie, evidently OF somber
character. was broken by the advent OF
DR.. Ashton, to whom he said:
Il have something to state to you
which will surprise you, think"
"Ah!" was the monosyllabic reply.
Please seat yourself" Mr.. Seward
observed.
Both sat down and the lawyer asked:
do you recall the name of the bene-
ficiary Of Mr.. SANKEY'S will?"
Thomas Thomas Darling, was it
not?''
He and are IDENTICAL
"What?" almost screamed the doctor.
Read that" and, drawing a time
worn paper from his pocket, Mr.. Sew
ard passed it to the doctor, who I'M
folded it and read:
B, June II, 1S-.-My Dear
Kate: II you love me as you have in the
past, come here without delay, to the
- house. Lovingly yours,
JAMES"
When the doctor raised his eyes from
the paper Mr.. Seward began:
Two days after mothers singular
departure from her home, father ac-
cidentally ran across this note which
she had left, unintentionally, it is pos
sible''
Having for some time suspected a
man of the name of James Newton as
trying to ALLEVIATE her affections from
himself, and as this man had disap-
Deared from the place few DAYS be- /
ore, father, naturally inclined to be
Jealous, imagined him the writer of the
note. He had never known, as Mr..
Stanley said, that his wife had half
brother.
Unable to endure the disgrace that
would be his when her infidelity was
made known to the world, he at once
moved to far-away place, where he as
umed the name of Seward. He never
ooked at a paper from fear of seeing
er name in it, lived in misery for six
ears, died and was buried.
-
Naturally the supposed conduct of
ny mother influenced me to regard all
romen as tickle, and father did all in
is power to incite me to shun girls.
fence was developed what YOU. the
ther day denominated my .insensibil-
y to feminine charms
Poor mother! how you were wrong
II and tears filed his eyes, as they
id those of his friend, who said:
Il do not wonder at it,
OF the thousands of dollars be- i
leathed him by Mr.. Stanley the law 4
er accepted one-half and placed the
her half SO as to benefit the poor. +
His mothers remains were removed :;
ON their resting place and inferred !,
side his fathers
He did not resume the name of Oar !,
lg; he did change his attitude toward :,
e gentler sex. Indeed, year had
It elapsed after he had learned the =
nth relative to his mother before he :
came the husband of most estima-
: lady, whom he admits to his friend
hton to be blessing"