The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-20

tb;s will wasn't in existence all the
mania nronertv would 90 TO his dauoh-
ter and whoever married her would
oct The bene6t Of the whole businese.u
C That's very irueU said Fox and
Robbins. whuiib will is in existenceD
C Perbans if can he broken,U said I.
e WIN. {bot,s a fact ;, eaid thew. and
the more they Thought about il The
moro eutbu iaStic lheV GOT. | suggested
10 them that 10 might be well to take
ibeir 800 600 and iet well enough alone,
butt they wouldn't have il. FOX said
tbat off coprse. ID rgouli be nretv hard
ON Robbius who wouldn't 0cf aoytliug
40 ali. but he wasn't gaing 10 lose d Qua
eirl. worth a cool million iu her own
rght. for eny mgasIV $40 GOO. and Rob
b.rs ssid max Fox had boon talkirg i'm
ap impudeut and disaurceao'e wuv,aud
me was going 20 vet even with him by
.cooninS lhe whole outfit. la DIS
frame of mind thew went off To- hunt ND
a LAWYER.
Ah0nt Two weeks afterwards they
cano back looking yory discoosolats.
Tbev had procured copv Of tbe viii
and taken il eround to number of le.
cal lights who had severally and Jointly
declared that IL was an absolutely mn
breakahle instrur,. MT. I had evidently
been drawn mr.. thew said with the nj
most care and any attemnl To di-nute
its provisions was bound to result in an
i0nnminious failure.
"Well - said I Wthe onlv man who
can break will Ike that is the one who
made if. Do Won know who he yas?u
WHY. yes" said Robbins, "it was
drawn M bv that fellow Peters. who
used TO 90 oul riding with Miss Barnes.
Yon remember him. don't ven. F1x9"
Coz course remember him. he said
Ithouoht much of him. don't see how
Fox, Regular crank, though, and
never fellow like that ever managed
to draw up such a good Will"
Welh said I. 81 think you'd bet
ter write to him about it. anyway, and
see what he saws"
con. all right said Fox. I'll write
to him and IN come around and tell
Won what he answers"
In about ten DAYS Fox put in an ap-
n, arauce quite radiant with ioy
1" Look here" said he, producing a
letter. Here's a letter from Peters in
which he saws he has had the matter of
old Barnes' will under consideration,
and he is of the opinion that there are
several fatal flaws in it which invali.
date il completely. He saws if we are
willing to put up the necessary costs for
entering suit he is confident that the
thing can he broken into ten thousand
nieces. 1t won't be worth continen.
tal cent?
Fox waved his arms and grew quite
lprid ga he descrihed what Peters would
do to the will.
81 was deceived in that chan said
Fox. "He's a downright clever fell 1
low ),
The cost of court proved to be a
little bit steep, but both Robbins and
Fox nut up their money with a great
disnlav of nerve and confidence. AS
for Peters' fee. Robbins said he would
nav II ali afterwards. as it would be
hardly fair to expect Fox to nut up
money for something he didn't Get.
Fox said it would be a healthy thing for
Robbins If he made him nav half the
fee ANYWAY, but that he knew he
wouldn't have the heart to do it, The
nrocas. NJ contast;ng tho will ou;ded hv
po.sS .;onoaJ hond NJ patars won,
Tue eAperienoou uanu VI o.oie, "cu.
along very smoothly. fOlnt aIter polnC
was scored by this astute lOgiclan, who
trayersed little by little the labyrinth of
tho lou Ratween Fox and Robbins
". I"". - 10 - 49,
tnere arose, as 'ne Snu uloW ue"l,
decided GOODNESS. Ihey passed one
another on the street WIN a haughty
air, and no longer irequented together
the economical lunch mouse wnere tney
had together Deen accustomed 10 re,
gaze themselves. Wnen tney 'isi'eu