The Monitor-register., 1897-12-03

curtains are not up to date, eithef And
there's the dining-room set. IL looks
quite shabby, don't you think SOP"
"Rather dingy."
"There was a little pausesapd then the
hopeful Jack broke out again:
Il was passing Streeter's the other day
and-what do you think 1 saw, Polly ?"
"a silver service ?" half smiling in
spite of her grief.
"No, guess again"
"Some bauble for me to ear, | SUP.
pose, you crazy old Jack"
"a lovely diamond PIN"
II said you were demented."
"But it was only n hundred dollars
and would suit you admirably"
81 dare say. Jack, but one must spend
a lot of money in. order to dress up to
such a trinket as that"
SWELL, a pretty silk gown, and there
you are, Polly"
"You might also add. bang goes
another hundred for a silk Dress"
(which isn't a terrible amount, Aud
how much prettier a m would look
SO trigged out, eh s"coaxlugly.
""You make me laugh, Jack, and you
know you ought n9tton
"And you ought MOI. to grieve, either.
Death awaits ns all--and il should not
SO 1nwefcome@toa t6s ofd, Nov, don't
SsRfres I s3ssssasasssaea Add
take care that all the funeral arrange
ments are done decent and In order. l
would never have IL fsstaon, mEehsad
that the dear old creature wasn't com.
1Wftsblg carried to the grave And
Polly's the only child"
The last sentence wasn't intended for
the ears OF his wife, but Polly heard it,
and again she smiled.
When the funeral was over J sck Had
ley found himself one of a very small
company gathered in a little room, the
most conspicuous object in which was a
fnssy lawyer seated at a table with two
open documents spread out before him.
This, said the man of law, coming
at onoe to business. and holding up one
OF the papers, "is the last will and tesla.
ment of Sarah HasIop, deceased. 1t
bears date April 8, 1851"
"a week before she left u.s." muir.
INJURED Jack, under his breath.
"And runs as follows" continued the
lawyer:
~ hssehE giye and bequeaHkaHsms
son-in-lsw, John Hadley, and my
daughter, Marianne, his wife, the sumsaf
twentyfhodsgnd dollars, with power to
use and employ for their mutual bene.
ft,'"
"The dear old sonl," ecstaticSiiy ex.
claimed Jack.
.soaly bs snsssaseaAense u
was he restrained from shying bis bat a,
the ceiling in boyisn glee.
"Aud this" said the representative 81
red tape, taking up the dooumen,
number two. 'fi q codicil execdsedae&-
actly fourteen days afterward-n
ga week later after she left Out
housed" Jack gasped.
SIT is not one of very great length, and
runs as follows:
81 hereby cancel and revoke all
former wills whensoever and wheresoever
made and substitute therefore this, the
final expression ofAmy Intentions. To my
daughter, Marianne Hadley, / bequeath
the sum of one hundred dollars, to enable
her to buy suitable mourning to wear at
my decease, to my son In, law, John
Hadley, her husband, in consid erationAe -
his kindness in turning me out of his
house at a time When ! had thoughts OF
leaving on my own account, l make a
present of one shilsiageIAssshole OF
The residue of my property l bequeath to
the trustees of the hospitalsof this, my
natjyastewa#seafofm . fund to be applied
4BShs Special care of sf1 .cted mothers-in-
law"
A.sThs spiteful old cat!' groWled Jack
under his breath. MAY She"
He checked himself, and taking his
hat ~sorrowfully walked homeward, a
sadder and a wiser man.
Years have passed since then, and
Jack Hadley. among other things, has
developed an inveterste and irremediable
taciturnity; but if any one wishes tc
dEag bin oat for the nonoe, it is only
necessary to mention the subject o.
mother-in-laws 10 general and his own il
particular.