The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-08-20
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! mote carefully lhan / bad time 10 8,
tiacs anesflhsa them from tbe iiilI,
dsfk ssrnaA bsli book stop TIA, aile
noon. Ibtre was n0lhi0g feusrkabl'
shout tbem goo rare editions oi sell kBour
tlssUas. ua ious 70 sallsu boaks, Vsiusbb
iron tLt.f gbsgaHty merely lev bound
volumes OF ola magazines aud couple o
the novels ~hieb lad delighted me az
Toy aud ~bich from ,li association uete
more precious 10 their cususl type aGd
pobshe1 leather tiabI4g than IN the
sprace modern editions Best o. all Ess
copy Of Dickens Master Humphrey +
Clock. silb the wo1d eu, ths, cannot
nos he repro 'uoed aRsln. As turned
them over became boy aRslo. sitting
10 the old apple tree st the eud Of the gar
den al home, devourlng tbe thin. paper
conyored instsIIments Of the stoti q. laugh
ihg snd sometimes crylng o'er them. as
the present day school boys. veil cram
med and carefully examined stuaents OF
literature as they are, too critical 10 DO
80 d!usted my reading lamp, drew NY
chair clotef 10 the fire, aud forgetting
alike the cup Of colse at my side and the
patlent whose unususl symptoms had wor
T Cd ms all day, lost myself 10 the com
paDy Of Nell snd her grandfather. Mrs
J4rley NJ lss Brass and the msrchioness,
seeing them vlih the boys eyes and add
| llg to the pen and pencil sketches round
ness aud completeness OF detail drawn
! from my imaRinstlon OF fifty years ago,
and nit, fly lacking to my read y OF lat
er life.
When hsf go-e more than half through |
the second yol1me came upon a large
sheet OF thin paper covered with neat,
cramped writing, | took il out and look
Cd vt It. A moments inspection showed
me that it was will. written throughout
10 the handwriting Of the teststor, Michael
Darcy, and dated two years before. 1t
left interest 10 the farm OF Oarrig gnsles
with stock snd implements, to the tests
tors brother, Michael Darcy, who was
also named residury legstee, while the sum
OF u 600 10 railway stock and other invest
men,s was bequeathed tJ my lats sile's
niece. Auastssia French 1t was, as far
as could Judge, and | had some e1per
ience IN matters o! the kind, properly ex
ecu,ed, ened aud witnessed.
II WAS odd to find an important docu i
menl Of this sort hidden away between the |
leaves Of q book, Had Patrick Darcy and
Anastasia French been left without their |
inheritance in consequence | wondered, t
And picture rose up 10 my mind OF q
helpless elderly woman ending her days d
10 poverty because the paper which would c
have secured her Independence was not
to be found.
What sn old fool | was, to be snre, I
For all knew Michael Darcy might be Z,
still alive aud live to make half dozen I
fresh willie, Or even il he we're dead the :,
chances we're that this was al old will, :,
revoked by the existence Of later one. >,
and OF no more account than any other 7
slip Of ,per used to mark book. Why
had | not thought Of so obyious an expla ;,
nstion before2 would make some 10 ;,
luities about the matter neIt day, how .,
sver, it would be easy to Gnd ont all :,
,bout Michael Darcy OF Csrri8nslea,
Meantime the will could remain between =
he leaves Of master Humphreys /,
Clock"
Bot the morrow found me flying along -,
~ express train to the bedside OF my 4
,nly son, who bad met dangerous scci q,
lent And for many weeks ! conld think =.
4 nothing but him. and OF the best :
means Of snstchiDg him from the extend
d arms OF death. And when, by Gods II
mercy be was once more as safe from
hose clutches as any one Of us can ever ~
,e, Michael Darcy. bis will, heirs and -,
xeontors, had faded out Of my mind as
ompletely a. IT they bad never en ~
cred 1t, and the will was resting
ndi turbed it its hiding place among n
~ books.
Some twelve months later went in n
egular course Of my practice to WHIT an br
Il friend who was suffering from sn o.
cute attack Of pneumonia: She was an
lderly lady, living alone some two or nj
aree miles outside the city Her ser
ants we're islthial and attached, but in
be sbsence OF relstlves ! thought 1t bet w.
sr to insist on the services OF a trained ''
urse. | therei re gave Mrs. Powers
,sid = note addressed to The mstfon Of o ~
ursing Institution in the city, asking her ~
. send me, il possible, cne CT two nnr ~
70 whom named; or, il this was ont OF u"
er power, TO send some one on whom she W.
ould thoroughly rely. % returning ns1t w
iornins found, not indeed one OF my =,
ID friends but bright capable looking W
Dung woman, whose manner OF stsFer
~ questions aud taking my directions i'm
resssd me isvorsbly. She told me that
be bad rot long returned from her couHe 49,
,rsiuius 10 one OF the L1ndoI bospl W
,ls. sud that this vas the frst serious ~
ase OF wbic1 she bsd sole charge. As the ''
ase, though serious enough, was a sim
Ie one, bad 90 herl'stiou 10 leaving the I"
ursiug Of i, 10 her hands. aud few days
bservation al oEed me thst even bad 1t VI
cen fsr ore complicated should have 40
eeu fuiv Instited ID 90 dong. She "" cIt
b e1celleut purse, alert sud Wstchinl, ha
moving e1actly VIA, to do, aud doing II sec
i.b the quick sise that comes OF Ioug los
r.tt.ce. a. the patient grew better,and DO
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