The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-24

! 81 900 or $4,000 70 the cause OF the teach
| crs pensions
OF course IL looked shady. There were
/ those who said that on the day tho pencil
Will purported 10 have been written old
! Fair was too far gone TO write anything
| The will was too pat, tho incredulous
public said. and suited tho heirs too well.
Nor was it likely. they thought. that the
old bonanza man had so suddenly for
given his son that dreadful marriage.
However the Fair heirs had retained
The governor OF tho State among their
lawyers and the governor Of the State
practically vouched for the responsibility
OF the new Will Anyhow II was nobody
business except the executors. and they.
with the now viii in existence. seemed
more open 10 reason than they had been
before Tho pencil will prevailed. Lawyer
Delmas made some Of tho greatest speech
es on the subject I'm the court. and the
pencil will stood. II looked as II the
case was near settlement and That the
three children OF the forty-iimes million
aire would al last get their hands on
the biz fortune loss. OF COURSE what
went 20 Lawyer Delmas and his mates.
20 Detective Stillwcil and the others who
brought about the production and exploit
alton Of that famous pencil will.
MASSIVE BRAIN AND EAGLE EYE
But I'm the romance. entitled Fairs
Follics: or Bonanza Bullys Bullion,
there IS another chapter. The Craven
viii followed the other with wonderful
exacutudc The paragraph concerning
left-handcd widows and orphans with the
her sinister all over them was thcre 10
the last comma. In the likeness between
the two wills theorists. who are always
engaged with something not Of their
business found a possible explanation
OF the mysterious temporary disappear
ancc Of enc first BE this as 1t may.
10 is well here 10 rcstate the fact that
Mrs Craven Is a woman with massive
brain and nm eagle eye. TO the erievlng
children Of the dead libortine she had
given his millions but she was not
through with the game Indeed. she was
then ready 10 open the pot for the limit
and bet things up 10 tho ceiling. WIN
a modest blush upon her well-prcscrved
skin. with eye yelled by downcast lashes
and shyly as bcnttod her 70 years she
admitted that her relations with Fair
had been Of softer sort than tho public
know. Moreover she had witnesses TO
prove H. lie had begun by admiring her
brains: he ended bv marrying her. The
$50 provided for widows Of her class did
not interest Mrs. Craven. She calmly
filed with the much-abuscd county clerk
some deeds which We're in the handwrit- ,
INK OF the ltil'i Will ii'N ''itN' f''' a..
her from her dead husband. lover and
friend real estate i'm the heart Of san
Francisco worth more than N.O0oOlO. The
deeds antedated the pencil will The con-
sideration was stated as follows.
THAT the party Of the first part. for
and I'm consideration OF the love and
affection which the said party Of the
first part has and bears unto the said
party Of the second part. and also for
the better mainte1a nance. support. protec-
ton and livelihood Of the said party OF
the second part. does by these presents
give. grant and confirm 10 the said party
Of the second part and to her heirs and
assigns forever" Here follows a descrip-
ton OF the property
4 TOUGH PROBLEM.
II Fair wrote the pencil will he also
wrote the deed. There can be no manner
Of doubt about that. The governor Of the
state had vouched for Mrs. Craven-be-
ing affected by her massive brain and
eagle eye-aud the Fair heirs had accept
Cd the pencil will as genuine. The prob
lem now facing them is how TO face
these deeds OF course as the old man
had given them previous to the probated
wills. any provisions the wills contained
relative T. ALLEGED widows did not AFFECT
them. The recording of the deeds effect
cd a division Of the forces. Lawyer Del
prime NJ Delmas is now I'm the Craven
camp So also is Stillwell the wondrous
detective. So also is the governor
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