Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-04
RESTITUTION.

AHTOl lJunD'TI lliitl DtN.ll iNlNN llIlIIl'N
but ho had never had child Of his own
His second wife had been widow, wit
one child by u former husband and Gas
pard was that child.
Once while Gnspard was quito young ok |
DonhcrR had been taken very sick and |
fnncicd himself dying. In this condition
he sent for notary and made his will, u, |
which will he gave his property all to Gns
pnrd, his wife to have the use of II certain |
portion while she lived.
But Aaron Donbcrg did not then die. |
He got well and lived to discover that hi |
etcpsun was mean. false contemplate |
fellow. In time his wife died, and ut Ill, !
same time he heard Of the death Of hi. |
only sister.
lie knew that his sister had left T. |
daughter, and he sent for that daughter e. |
come and live with him. And she came |
and this was Mary Lakcman. She was
Is then.
A widow named Prindlc, whose hus.
band had been lost Mt sea, had been ia the
habit of coming to Donbcrg's house &C.
work rs occasion required This widow
had ~ son, Jack II Wild hayward fellow
frank and truc hearted. lie saw Mary
I.akcmnn and loved her
When her uncle asked her about II, she
replied that she loved Jack prindlc he
cause she could not help It. And Aaron,
knowing something of jacks good quail
ties, had said
"Wcl, we'll Wen send The lad of
upon II long voyage, and If he comes back
II true man we'll see"
The wears PASSED, and II was generally
believed that Donhcrg would leave all his
wealth to Mary Iubcman.
] l., COL. IL, E.,I ,,it !, Ipr
uncc five years tho old gentleman was
taken sick, and the doctors said he could
not recover. Willie hc was confined to his
| bed his stcpson, Gaspard, returned, pro
| Tossing great pcntcucc and begging that
| he might he allowed to do his part toward
rendering comfortable the last days of the
! good old mau.
At length Donhcrp died, and when he
had been buried his private dc.l; was open
| cd, and his viii was found--tho old will
| by which he hpd bcqucathCd his property
| TO Gaspard.
People wcrc surprised. II was believed
tha, now will had been made and that
/ Mary Lakcman was the heir. Old sory-
ants declared that Mr.. Donbcrg had sought
I for the first will that ne might destroy it,
but had not been able to find IT,
The notary was dead. Tho two sub
scrihing witnesses to tho second will, or
those who were supposed so to have been,
had como no ono knew whittier.
And so the old will was accepted rs the
true one and Gaspard Grammot, under
the name of Gaspard Dcnbcrg, took Charge
of tho property Once more he offered bis
hand to Mary, and once moro she refused
him.
But n ship camc in FROM India, and tho
commander thereof was Jack Prindlc.
Mary told him her story, and hc heard it
from others.
"If your uncle left such will as we
have spoken Of, " he said to Mary, "hc sure
Gaspard has not destroyed 1t ] know him
well, ana know that he Is a coward. If
he has disposed Of the second will, think
he has hidden it, The burning of 1t would
be II bold crime, but in hiding il he pur
sues sator course
"Shuud the witnesses over turn up or
should anything occur to render the fact
of Mr.. Dunbcrgs having made such u will
positive, he could AT the last moment al
low the will to be produced and thus 20
free. At all events, shall proceed upon
that tack, and am sadly out of ny rccl;-
oning II do not run Gaspard Grammot
ny the board and bring him to II speedy
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