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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

haven't much of case. As for your
father saying he had no will, that
would not amount TO q revocation even
IL 1t could be made clear that he SO be-
lieved. But tell you now that I'll get
out OF Wiley some of that property or
III mar his enjoyment of IL. I've no
doubt that when he's made aware of
the general Indignation that already
has begun to manifest itself he can be
driven to some sort of compromise"
THAT Is what | won't have, Arthur.
II am rightfully entitled to any part
OF the estate it's the half of it. !
wouldn't want that IL | believed
fathers last wishes were that should
be excluded from 1t. know they were
not. Therefor. my brother Wiley may
save himself the trouble of proposing
compromise on any other basis. For
the sake of my family and my fathers
memory, will fight this paper IL you
should ever think Ii worth while, but
I'll fight it openly"
"Cullen, man like you Is of the sort
most liable to be maltreated. IL you
had withstood Wiley at the start and
asserted before your father the indu-
ence which, equally with Wiley, be-
long~d to you, this gross injustice
might not have been begun. And now
you talk about not fighting this except
on an open field, knowing that it Is
fight of altogether another sort that
has put you down. would not coun-
sci to any movement that would be un-
fair, but regard il as important, neo-
essary, indeed, that Wiley should be
driven to apprehension by-well, II
nothing else, by hints which mean to
throw out before Mr. Watson, his law
yer, that he Is strongly suspected Of
unfair practices himself. and that
have, as do have, a strong hope to
find the clew that will lead to their
detection"
"All right, Arthur. know you'll do
the right thing. Mr.. Watson is an old
lawyer and, they say, "a first-rate one;
but am entirely willing to trust the
case with you"
"Thanly, Cullen. II things should
occur appearing to need specially able
management, I'll Jet you know, and
then advise you to retain Seaborn Tor
rance"
Wen wait awhile on that. Don't
make any decisive movement of any
sort yet. I'll tell you why. Wiley
don't know 1t, but he has a wife who is
the very best woman know, and she
Is dying by inches / don't believe
she'll live three months longer.
think sight of her, so does Hannah,
and won't have her feelings torn up
on account of domestic strife. II Mr..
Watson intimates any sort of compro-
mise, refer him to me. wouldn't be
disincline6 to have one little homely
chat with Wiley, now that our parents
are dead, and can let him know, with
out hurting their feelings, some things
/ think. shall not 60 near him. al
though l shall not go out OF my way TO
avoid him. Irather look for him 10 offer
to hand me over the money legacy with
out waiting the year the law allows
him. Well, I've got little other busi-
ness downtown. I'll go TO that, and
then move on back. Good-dsy."
From the window Dabney regarded
him. as he went on down tha st~A~t
YES" he soliloquized; Hannah
could not but prefer such man TO me;
but doubt IL he loved her as well.
For tho sake of both, mean to do my
best to ferret out and bring to light
this villainy."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
CHAPTER w.

The burial was on Thursday. On
the afternoon Of the second Monday
thereafter, being the first Monday in
that month, Cullen was called out to
his gate by one of his neighbors on
his return from town, who, after some
conversation, rode away.
"What did Mr.. Haddock want, Gull
len, dear?" asked Hannah You look
serious, as II he had brought bad
news"
They're not as good as would have
preferred to get, Hannah; he says
brother propounded to-day, in the
court Of ordinary, fathers will"
SIS that SO? Why, heard faith er
tell you he wasn't going to leave any
will
80 you did"
What do you make of it?",
Nothing, except that | believe q
fraud was put upon him; for father
was man of truth. | knew from
mother that he made n will shortly
after our marriage, but she told me
lust before she died that he had de-
stroyed 1t. Perhaps he destroyed an
other paper, believing it was that"
did Mr.. Haddoclt tell you what was
In it2"
"Yes; he heard Mr.. Flint talking
about it on the street He was one OF
the witnesses, and the only one that
was sworn. The others were Owen
Carruthers and william Lilly. Mr..
Lilly is dead, and Owen Is sick. Mr..
Flint said that this place and the ne
Rroes and stock on IL are left TO me,
besides two thousand dollars In money
to buy more land with; the rest goes
to brother"
"And what do you suppose that would
amount tor"
II couldn't say, but considerably
over hundred thousand dollars"
"And what that left to your"
About seven or eight thousand"
Wasn't something left to Pearce2"
"Of course not. Pearce wasn't born
when the will was made"
almost nothing to you, and nothing
TO the child that was named after him,
and that he seemed so fond off,
The sight OF her disappointment, OF
her grief and shame, made him sick at
heart He went away from her for
awhile. When he came back, she said:
II wonder Mr.. Flint would have wit
messed such a will, Cullen; he always
was-at least always thought he was
"a good friend Of our family"
'Of course he was, and is. Such as
that doesn't hinder person from
merely signing his name as witness to
business paper. Generally, ut least
often, witnesses TO wills know nothing
OF what's in them. In this case Mr..
Flint didn't. Uaddock says he heard
the old man say that he berated broth
er in the ordinary's Office about IL, tell
ing him IL was shame, and that IL he
had suspected what was in IL he never
would have signed. And brother an
swered, so he said, that he intended,
II didn't make too much fuss about
It. to allow me something more; he
didn't say what"
And what are you going TO do about
IL, dcar?"
~ can't say yet; but will take moth
Ing from brother as a gift"
Wouldn't you make IA compromise
with him Of any sort?"
"No And now, Hannah, | beg you
not to interfere. You see that under
stood Wiley better than you did"
She forbore To- reply. but he could
see that his words did not satisfy her.
Little was said about IL during the rest
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
-No19
LOCKED OUT or Jt
A Prisoners Queer Charge Az


There was a certain old ma ho
kept the county Jail in coun- H.
lage, says Kate Fields Washins in,
and he fed and housed the convicts so
well that they became greatly attached
TO him. He could actually allow them
to go about at will. He used to hire
them out to the farmers In the neigh
borhood during the harvest season, and
In that way turn an honest penny for
the taxpayers Early one morning one
of the prisoners appeared at the Office
of lawyer in the place.
young man." said he, ARE you the
lawyer"
Il am" was the answer.
81 want You to get me out CT Jail on Q
writ of habeas corpus, and I want 1t
right away"
well, hold on, my friend" said the
lawyer. 1--WE must have q reason to
show the court, before we can ask for O.
writ"
Eve reason enough" exclaimed the
man. 'The cruelty of the keeper
makes life there unbearable."
"Oh, pshawi don't tell me such non-
sense. There never was kinder keep
er in charge of jail"
Judge for yourself" the pris ser in
sisted. Yesterday l was wor out
at Mr.. Walkinshaw's, ard we H.. !. big
lot of hay to get in, for the sky was full
of rainclouds. So when the Jail horn
blew for bedtime, l stayed and helped
get the hay under cover.
''It was after dark when got back,
and would you believe it? that hard
hearted keeper had locked me out! I
had to sleep in the street, and caught
rheumatism in my bones. 1t settled
things in my mind. IN not stay an
other night under the roof Of man
who'll treat me like that says to
myself. So, Mr.. Lawyer, 1 want you
TO get me out before sundown. do you
hear2-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

OF the week. On SATURDAY. morning
Cullen went into town, repairing to
Dabneys Office at corner of Hancock
street and the courthouse square.
Good morning, Cullen" said the
lawyer. I've been expecting you"
"Howd'ye, Arthur Yes, I thought
I'd consult you about this will of IA
ther's-"
Nothing could have been more sur
prising to me. Id heard at one time
your father was not well satisfied with
you for some cause or other, but
thought he had become entirely recon-
ciled. Indeed, he seemed to me, dur
ing his last three or four years, to be
particularly fond of you-more so,
suspected, than of Wiley"
"Yes; brother put him against Han
nah, making him feel for awhile that
I had lowered the family by marrying
her, but he got over that, at least so
it appeared, In less than year. He did
make his will, so mother told me, but
she said on her deathbed that he had
destroyed 1t. Not long before he died
he said to me distinctly that he would
not leave q will and that brother had
counssled him SO, suggesting that he
and could divide the estate without
resort to the court Rather suspicious
looking thing, isn't it?"
"It is, indeed. Was your father en-
tirely in his right mind?"
Entirely; and there isn't doubt
but what he believed the truth Of what
he Said. He was devoted to our baby,
and seemed as fond of Hannah as he
was of Sister Julia. Is it possible to
do anything, do you think?"
Not that | can see, unless It can be
shown that your father at the time of
executing the will was not of dispos-
ing memory, or that the influence of
Wiley upon him was such as he was
not strong enough to resist"
Neither of these could be estab
lished, | suppose-the first certainly
not. I don't doubt that brother had
possession of the paper, and either
kept father from destroying ii or made
him believe that it had been done"
''It dates back to July, 1880, / no
ticed. That was not long after your
marriage, II don't forget"
Eyes; about a month"
Your father had acquired some real
estate since then, hadn't hep"
"Yes; he bought another plantation
on the river and the place beyond me-"
That's lucky, as far as 1t goes.
You'll be entitled to your portion of
them, as they could not pass by
the will. For the rest, Cullen,
am sorry to say, as 1t seems now, you
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

Julia, her husband making no oppo-
sition, suggested that Hannah should
stay with them in the house. as her own
strength was not sufficient for con-
slant attendance upon his increasing
needs. This was done. He was care
fully watched by both sons and their
wives; but it was easy to see that OF
all their ministrations those of Cullen
were most acceptable to him. With
Cullen he sometimes held brief consul
tations which ended abruptly when
Wiley came in. Yet he professed to
have equal affection toward all of
them, held to his faculties until near
the last, and died calmly, as II he
knew full we'll that vain would be any
attempt to withstand an enemy who
was irresistible
Waiting upon him so long, added to
her other troubles, seemed to have
well-nigh prostrated Wiley's wife.
When they went home after the burial
Hannah said;
"Oh, Culleni Sister Julia looked
dreadfully in the graveyard to day.
She's been declining fast since fathers
blChncsS Dtkdl' anu hCNSi sd" hci 81
bad as she was to-day"
eyes, she's going very fast, Did you
notice that brother didn't go anigh her
and that she had to lean on the arm of
Mrs. Plume? | declare | was ashamed
of him"
at didn't look we'll"
Look we'll? 1t looked just what it
was, heartless. Well, poor father has
gone now, and as soon as | and brother
can have a settlement, | am going my
way, and | shall let him understand
that want him to go his. False as he
has been to me, and shameless in his
treatment of you, the shabbiest of his
whole behavior is what he has put up
on Sister Julia, for whom | have more
pity than for any person | ever knew.
/ actually believe he'll be glad when
she dies, as she's going to do, and that
before very long"
ooh, Cullen."
81 tell you it's so, Hannah. can't
get you to understand Wiley. He
never cared for anybody except him
self since he was born, and he's always
been regarding me as thing in his
way. He tried his best to get father
to give him more than his share of the
property Mother told me that, and
she told me that Sister Julia's remon-
strances more than anything else pre-
vented it's being done. Father, towards
the last, said he had been intending to
make will, and would have done SO
except that brother said there was no
use, MS we could divide the property
between us without the expense of ad-
ministration. You mark what | say;
he had motive for that interfering,
and in some way he'll try TO get the
advantage of me-"
81 hope not. Oh, hope not"
GAS soon as il is decent to do SO, am
going into town to consult with Arthur
Dabney In the case"
Arthur, they tell me, is getting to
be a good lawyer and doing very we'll"
"That he is, and, besides, is as fine
fellow as lives"
1t pleased her to hear him speak so
favorably of one who had been his
rival.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
To plemse Him,

A great many stories are told Of the
jealousy and ill-feeling among the mu-
sicians, but not always are the tales %
full of good -humored appreciation OF
the state Of things as Is the following,
told by the Argonaut: Rossini, WALK
Ing one day on the boulevard with
the musician Braga, was greeted by
Meyerbeer, who anxiously inquired
after the health OF his dear Rossini
"Bad, very bad" answered the latter
"a headache, sideache and leg I
can scarcely move" After few mo-
ments' conversation, Meyerbeer passed
on, and Braga asked the great COM
poser how It was he had suddenly be-
come so unwell. Smilingly Rossini re-
assured his friend. "oh, couldn't be
better; ! only wanted to please Meyer
beer. He would be so glad to see me
Runash mi"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
Enunl Terua.


snow, that is what ! call an appre-
citation OF the proper thing"
"What In the world are you talking
about2"
about the South side grocer's con-
tribution of barrel of self-raising -four
to tho orphan asylum. Indianapolis
Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
KarMlm Emmhi0n.

Mrs Wabash understand dark hair
Is again considered the proper thing.
Mrs Weeds-Thats just my luck.
Mrs. Wabash-What?
Mrs Wecds-I'vc just married my
fourth blpRds.-N. !. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
lie Knew He Was.

"Well, you're sight," exclaimed the
bystanders as the man fell into tho
mortar bed.
"Yes," tho man said, sorrowfully, ns
he scraaped himself off with chip;
"sub-lime. ."-Rockland Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

Grocer-I rather think the new boy In
going TO get along.
Partner-He doesn't know our GUS
toners yet.
Grocer-He knows enough to address
all the married women as Miss. ~
Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

for she's just one OF the best women In
this whole world
Well" she said, languidly, its
hard to feel ones self "a" She
stopped, smiled, kissed him, and said:
Lets talk of something else"
At once they ran into their habitual
cheerful chatting, in which were
some low-spoken words about hope
and a prophecy very dear to them
both.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
Tro ne CONTINUED. !
The Only Way.

Professor Occurring on the gorilla)-
Gentlemen, you must give me your un-
divided attention. II Is impossible for
you 10 form true idea OF this hideous
animal unless you keep your eyes fixed
ON me.-Boston Commercial Bulletin
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
A Good Definition.

Ponder-What's an intellectual feast?
Lane Walker - Some place where
they've got houscful Of CAB and not
n mouthful Of grub.-Philadelphia In
Quircr.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

which hitherto he had maintained.
During this while he seemed to have
grown more and more fond of Cullen
and Hannah. At the beginning of his
last rapid decline, three years after,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
slmilIn simillbus.

They found n man who drugged
And robbed was suffering In pain;
They called doctor. and the man
Was druagcd and robbed again
-DetrQlt Tribune
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
And tho Light Went Out.

"John," said Mrs. BOSNIAN, 'it is
time you were In bed. II you dont
turn the light down, the first thing you
know the baby will be awake" J"
"Pshaw," said Mr.. BOSNIAN, "the light
won't wake him" mo, but Ill wake
him myself" The prospect was TOO ap-
palling. He meekly did rs he was bid.
Equal Terms.
Miss Manyseason-Ycs, have con-
scnted to marry Mr.. Goldbugg. do
mot love him, but respect him.
Miss Budd-Oh, ! wouldn't worry
about that. Most likely bis feeling for
you Is chiefly veneration.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
Nervous PrOstratiOn
Could Not Sleep - Had No
Appetite
Cured In Body and Mind by Hoods
SarsaparIIIa

"I suffered very much for long time
with nerEous prostration. I had about
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

i 4 49, ~ erson, who in
Sf one way and another
szC acquired landed and
other property, and
bv the time when the town of Mil
IedgevilIe was laid off and made the
capital of the state was what in that
period people called rich man. When
he became old he was induced by his
elder son, Wiley, who had done re
markabIy well in business and married
quite beyond expectations, to leave
the big plantation on the river bottom
to the management of an overseer and
build or occupy a house not very
far from his own on Clarke street.
His wife. accustomed to be dragged
whithersoever and made to do what
ever he would, offered no useless re-
sistance, and, what time she lasted,
managed as well as could have been
expected. It troubled her good deal
to see how proud the father became of
Wiley and his wife compared with his
shame for Cullen the younger and his
wife. Not that she did not grow to
love, and that very much, Wiley's wife,
Julia, of the excellent and rather
aristocratic family, the Marstons, of
Putnam, whose department towards
and whose words about his people
were much less apologize than her
husbands. But something, nobody
knew exactly what, caused the elder
woman's health to decline after they
moved into town. Some said it was
Just natural old age, which nobody
in this world has yet been found able,
in the long run, to cope with. Some
said it was the breaking up too late in
life of long-settled habits and vainly
attempting to get into new. Yet
others ventured the opinion that it
was because from Cullen, who during
childhood had seemed to be rather the
favorite with his father, the latter had
become estranged, owing to his mar
riape with Hannah Enlow. Anyhow,
when they had been in town about a
year she fell into her last sickness.
They said that towards the last she
talked to her husband with unwonted
freedom about some things that were
on her mind and got from him some
promises which helped her to meet
death without very much complaint.
They put her in the very incest town
co I'm, and both husband and son
W ley were proud even to boasting of
the spot in the cemetery chosen for
her grave.
From child Wiley had been a
thoughtful person. At ten years of
age, when Cullen was born, he reflect
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
READ and REFLECT.

GRAND OPPORTUNITYWith the dawn OF prosperity Jus, ue
fore notwithstanding We
ago Of Mems Boys and Chhans
Clothing prices that will be to the ova
purbase clothing No matter no" t'e OF
hard TIE Clothing
business close cannot help " our
stock county Mems fine black worsted pants all
only have than any two stores IN to~
cbdrep's all tie late novelties sucn a
Regent Euclid Neptune Columbus Refers Jerseys kits SC rom ooc
uu- Round and Square corner RAN OF
Plaited-Al will be sold without . IT, a.
We will full and complete line OF hats
Shirts Collars Cuffs Handkeces Under"ear Hosiery o
Jackets Sweaters Umbrees Trunks Yale Telescopes hammocA
Brushes Combs Wahes Chains Charms Rings Collier and Gun p
"Semper idem" Shirt the pest
shirt Oar rs shirt equal to any
shirt Cheviott Percae and Madras n
and complete .o.,, o-odi,
is better than two men
and adopted psD and fDd that 1t WORKS "onuer
member old reliable the pioneer good goods a ~"
against all corners anu
have STAYED 1t will you 70 cos M
miles as how low are oed
be wool eyes, ar FquAfe u
VIII xe promise nd to fulfil that promise
D-A-HECK, C$;iEi'''. C;;El'''' ,'''.'.' and ''''''
l2lN Main ST.. Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
SPECULATION.

In Wall Street successfully carried on with
the aid OF our Daily Market Letter and panph-
lets on speculation. MAILED FREE.
Discretionary Accounts Specially. An in
formation free. Bank references, WEINMAN
a. Co. stock and Grain Brokers. sli Broadway,
New York.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

been taken into some consideration by
Cullen, who, it seems to me, might do
his part, as I've been doing, to lift up
our family, instead of putting it down
lower But that isn't all, and not nigh
all Hannah Enlow is not the sort of
girl for him to marry, in no way.
know Hannah Enlow, and he ought to
too l never said anything against it,
because / saw it would do no good
Cullen never would take my advice.
What I've got to say about it is to you,
and you only. The only thing to do is
for the family to make the best of it
they can; but as for intercourse with
me and my wife, there's got to be
mighty little of it."
The old man, rude as he was, had a
good deal of simple honesty and af-
fectionateness, bEt these in his ex-
treme age had sconeu to dwindle un-
der the influence of his elder son. Dur
ing the seven years that Wiley had
been living in town, to the small capi-
tai advanced by his father had accrued
several thousands. Such rapid success
led the old man to regard him with
the greatest respect and pride, and,
acting upon his counsel, he settled
Cullen upon a small portion of a large
tract which he owned ten miles from
Milledgeville, on the road leading to
Macon.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09

My spirits ad-
We ntur Gus to
audacity made
settlements on
the e we 5 t tern
bank Of I h e
Oconee e river
prior to the dis
pos e S S ion of
the In d a n S
4 m on e these
was Pearce Am
erson, who in
way and another
s.,{ 1,-IaI anl