The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-09
boobies LEGACY.


No Importance attached to the act of sit
ting. No chickens wore Matched, although
several eggshells were simply.
whils munching the matutinnl meal
Mr.. Doodle received letter.
"Listen to this" he cried exoitedly,
1.-THE Temple, W. @. Dear Strive beg to
inform you that our late client, Mr.. Rich
ard MoConomy has bequeathed to you the
sum of 81, 600. Be good enough to call at
yodr earliest convenience. Yours very
truly, Sharpe s. Steele"
Mrs Doodle overset her coffee cup IN
her excitemont. Never before had such
unexpected fortune visited the modest
abode Of the Boobies.
"Mr. McConomy dead and left you 21,-
000l' she cried In an I-can't-believe-it
tone. ~ shouldn't have dreamed of such
thing"
Suppose you should, Mrs Doodle,
"what them" returned the elated Mr..
Doodle, waving the letter In his wife's
face. Suppose you'd dreamed he hadn't
Take some dreams to unwrite this letter,
wouldn't itf 1t would take pretty pow
erful dream that could unmake poor old
Dicks will, ehy" Here thought struck
MIN. by JONtI NOnutF IL ttlH1 IL Charge
me six and eightpence for sending mo the
informationf 1 shan't pay it. tn have
to come out of the estate.'
Mrs. Doodle often told her husband he
was very mean man. He was. "But
why has he left you Fl 000P'' she persisted
"Mrs. Doodle" returned Mr. B., with
that loftiness of manner which an unex-
pected legacy often leads man to assume,
"Mr. McConomy is dead. If ever l meet
him and remember your question, I'll
ask him. If you are about, III let you
know what he says. Just tap the window,
will your Here's my bus"
"You needn't get on your high horse,
Benjamin, If you have had legacy left
you" retorted Mrs. b., moving to the
| window.
mot going to, my dear prefer to
sit next the driver" And Mr.. Doodle
crammed his hat upon his head and rushed
from the room.
An hour later n double knock on the
street door disturbed Mrs. Doodle while
building several pretty airy castles on the
legacy.
"a telegram, ma'am," said Mary Jane.
Mrs. Doodle tore opon the envelope with
eager, trembling fingers Married ladies
invariably open kilograms with eager,
trembling fingers, Query: Do they expect
| utNS Vi II IhplN TtltuSbf IL hTS. ID. tntT-
ished any such expectation, she was disRp-
pointed. The telegram was from Mr. b.
Legacy all right; left chcckbook at
homo; duty to pay; get Fred to give open
check glO0. Clerk will call for 1t. d. b."
Mrs. Doodle took the telegram to her
husbands brother Fred. He obliged with
the open check.
Mrs. b. returned home to await the
clerk. He came with another double
knock Apparently lawyers clerk. Sus.
picious, wonder II she'll kick me look
about him-suggestive Of long practice OF
the art of writ serving. Popular belief
that writ servers got more kicks than half
pence Can't rcfute it, The clork departed
with the check, and for this time, without
the kicks.
Mrs Doodle sat down to the piano ant
played Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" Sht
was in a very jubilant state of mind. Sh,
saw large possibilities in the legacy Sh,
sent Mary Jane to the news agents for al
the fashion periodicals, read them, ant
meditated upon the material of the frs
dress.
Decided upon green velvet trimmed Will
gold braid Bonnet to match. Sent Mar,
Jane for patterns, and decided upon TIN
shade Mcditated as to the most eifoctua
way Of wheedling the necessary cash out o
MT. DOOult. htulltllDn hlSluIb'u ~,
sound of latchkey in front door. Mr.
Doodle had returned.
Mrs Doodle prepared to wheedle
ooh, Benjamin. l was SO glad the leg
acy was all right"
Mr.. Doodle glarcd at the whecdler. II
did not speak. He could not. Something
. too heavy for the present utteranco weighe
down his soul.
r "Did you find ont why Mr.. McConom
left you the money!" continued tho lady.
Nj Doodle uttered big ID.
''No, ma'um he yelled, II did not"
, 81 am not deaf, Mr.. Boodlo," said Mrs
! D. frigidly.
. "Thon hear this" And Mr., Bood'
shouted at the top Of his voice, "AIcConC
my ) coming here to dine this evening"
Mrs Doodle turned very pale I'll
+. green dress trimmed with gold braid an
8 the bonnet to match faded from her vision
0 "What" she gaspcd. isn't he dead|
3 "DoadW roared Mr.. Doodle. "Do loo
! likely subject to invite ghost to dill
merry Is there any medium about meY d.!
see any spiritualist in my eye? The lcga,
! is u disgraceful hoax, Mrs, Doodle NJ
economy will be here directly and we
going to make the perpetrator sit ups
a up, Mrs Doodle"
3 "But this telcgramf Surely this isn't
Q hoax,
Il what Get Fred to give open che,
n alOO You don't mean to say-Mr
:, Doodle, what does this meant"
4 Fred gave nc the check, and ! gave
a to the clerk-the man you sent"
d Mr.. Bodies face turned u scarlet hue
I. Never before had he been in such dang
|. of apoploxy. He tried to speak. His voc
K. apparatus hung fire like gun eharg
with damp powder.
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