The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

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y. s..'tYhat matters il my hand he stained
4 with blood, so but thWart your psir-.
/. pore, and leave smooth wafer for my
SELF 70 swim in. And Angus Bruce. I
cannot wait Tor you-you will swing
clear--I, have told Murchison and all
.. thd :rests holding -turpentine Or cotton
that now was the time to sell, thinking
Z that some of them would charter Bruce,
and t conld get him here; but not SO.
The murder must seem the work Of rob
bers, who undertook to burglarize the
house
s"tAfter supper a trip tosthe bank ~
: examine thewnl--and then, my uncle,
while you. soundly sleep, this slender
blade shall cut your life in twain"
The knife was restored to the trunk.
md at the supper table Herbert ap-
peared almost in his usual serens
frame Of mind; If otherwise, father and
daughter were so full. ot thoughts OF
the morrow, that they would have OBJ
served no change III him.
Ibid you charter the Sunshine, Her
hertz"
Eyes, Uncle John, and Harper vii;
be ready to cast off lines at the time
desired
At eight o'clock Herbert assembled
the steps to the bank, unlocked the door
and entered. The iron blinds 10 the
windows were closed and securely fas-
tened.
He lighted two oil lamps and placed
them on a desk, then unlocked the
FAULT, opened small compartment and
took therefroln a tin box Of rather small
dimensions. a&.
He next seated himself at the desk
and took out the contents, which cons
sisted Of several packages OF. papers
tied together with tape.
The first one lie opened consisted OF
insurance policies.
The second, mortgages and notes.
Tho third, deeds tn real estate, with
hills OF sale of several negroes owned by
the banker,
There was yet another package OF
miscellaneous papers, and III the very
bottom of the box lay a yellow enc
velope, on which was inscribed:
Last will and testament of john
Lloyd"
Herbert arose, took off his hat and
coat, reseated himself and commenced
careful perusal Of the same.
The instrument commenced very
much as did all wills at that period,
or as they do now. for thatmatter.
:. "In the name Of God. amen, I. John
Lloyd, being OF sound bodily and mental
health, yet realizing the uncertainty OF
life, 90 declare the foregoing writings to
be my last will and testament.
Then followed several small requests
to some who had formerly been in the
bankers service, membranes to his
slaves, directions as to his funeral and
burial, and then the following clause:
: !, ITO my nephew. Herbert Lathrop, now
In @my employ. I give and bequeath the
sum Of five thousand dollars G5,G00.)''
+ Here was the first point where Her.
bert halted in his perusal OF the will,
but not for long did he halt.
Give thousand dollars. That will
never do, my uncle. You will kindly per-
nit me to make it $4,000" which he
proceeded to do by adding one moro
cipher after the five and the other
three, changing the to +, running the
up and crossing it for t, and adding
y, thus making the clause in the will
read:
.To my nephew, Herbert Lathrop, give.
and bequeath, the sum OF fifty thousand.
dollars (s50O0o.l'' &
'"That will leave me in rather better
shape, uncle. Let's see. That, SUPP
pose, would be called doctorirg will.
but what says the next clause?"
IAN the residue of nay estate, both real
and personal. monies, stocks and bonds.
lands and slaves, I give and bequeath to
my daughter, Fannie Lloyd. to have and
to hold forever, and hereby instruct my
administrator to withdraw my funds
from the banking business, should not
have done so prior to my death, and to, fn-:
vest the same in real estate, stocks and
bonds, for my daughters benefit; she at
all times to be consulted. and I further
instruct my said administrator to place
my daughter in full possession Of my afore-
said estate on her 18th birthday, land in
case she may have passed that age, before
my demise within six months from the
date Of my death, and do hereby appoint
my tried and true friend, - as adminis-
traitor Of my estate; he to act conjointly
with my daughter. and direct thaving
implicit confidence in his integrity and
ability that no bond be required for the
faithful execution OF this trust
I'm witness whereof have hereto set my
hard and seal. In this tie town Of, Whining
ton, state of North Carolina. this twenty
ninth {2eth) day OF October. Eighteen, twen-
ty-nne 1S29l. ~, ass FL &
witnesses: tseaD JeHN LORI. Il.
James D. Strange. 5 T S.s.'
Robert 4, Bligh." 5J
''Dh, no! my uncle. This is well, in
deed. Who shonld be that tried apd
true friend, but the cashier Of your
bank Herbert Lathrop, your aifee-
tionate nephew? But let us see, these
witnesses, James n, Strange and Robert
Il. Bligh. Iremen, Der hearing my uncle
say that Col. Strange replied to his
request: Ss
.ssDp not insert my name in the will,
John, until return from Europe; pse-
ple, you know are sometimes lost at
sea- Et.3is
$50 that accounts for the name not
j being filed in. !"
Strange and Bligh both took passage
on the Media some two months later
than this will is dated.
their signatures are there--indis-
pntably there. #3 81 4
s. & 1.-THE Media lis rocking to and fro
somewhere between the surface and the.
!, bottom Of the. deep blue seatah he never
1 reached port, 81 {. s,ss9.
{. / '..The witnesses on uncle's viii were
I lost at sea, 8s 5s5 & S3ss
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