Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-08

a the hand erchief the butt was inside ii.
Z " few minutes later the solicitor-for
the shabby man II always addressed BY
his fellow benohers o the solicitor y
with the cigar between his thin lips
jcined q dozen other banchers In one Of
the unoccupied courtrooms. Nj
With q bow to those present the 60
licitor removed the cigar from his
i mouth aud remarked:
''It is remarkable, gentlemen, what
poor tobacco is sold in this city. This
IS cent cigar 10 not equal to what I
Il have bought for 10 cents in other towns.
It's swindle. = = <t5s. @
The solicitor pulled away at the cigar
for q few minutes and then said,
Speaking Of swindles reminds me
Of s5
How that landiubber stole my,
\ watch the other day." remarked the
proctor, with sad smile.
"a = No. ! am thinking Of how was
cheated ont Of 100000 replied tho
4 oolicito. a. s5s .5s, s..s5
How was tkat:'' asked the Judge.
55sE II will tell you, = replied the solicit
o.. st was IN 1883, when ] was prao-
ticinx law in-weli, never mind that -
= He doesn't want to tell where,
whispered the proctor to the dean, ''be-
i cause he was disbarred from practice
tor questionable transactions. .
WI = Al ! was saying. . reRumed tho so
! licitor, Z. It was ia ! $50. was young
man then and had some little practice.
Ono night after / had retired and was
int about to fall asleep was aroused
By . knock ct my door and was told
Y that Squire wanted me at once.
4 was delighted. Visions Of 4 big fee
4 loomedsup in my mind, for Squire
was repnted to be worth several mil
lions. 4. .% f
1.-THE squire was q bachelor and had
! no relatives nearer than a grandniece.
He was miser and lived in q miserable
little house. M $8
81, Whom, i I'D Aniahed d1ssgiing. the
6quife's only servant, : boy about ~
4 years old, who had come for me, oon-
4 Quoted me about half mile across .
], field and into the squire presence. He
was propped mp in bed, and the lphysi-
clan in attendance whispered TO me
a that the old mans life was rapidly ebb-
II ing away. With much effort the old
l man-he was nearly s0-told me he
& wanted me to draw bis last will. I
4 pulled out a roll Of legal cap and, hav-.
ing found pen and some ink, began to
write. s,a. .sl
~ will not tore You with tho details
Of the will. After had written the
1 formal introductory the squire told me
TO put in a beqnest Of $500 for the sa-
4 loon keeper from whom he had pur-:
chased his whisky for the past SO years,
remarking, with wan smile, 1t must
have been good stuff or couldn't have
stood it SO long, *
He then told me to draw the will SO
s. that the grandniece would have all the
residue Of the estate. did so, and then
& the old man closed his eyes and re-
manned silent for few minutes, dur
ing which Twas calculating how much
i my fee would be. I had about decided
y on $500 when the squire opened his
eyes and said, No; make that read "all
! the residue except 800. 900, which I be-
4 queath to Lawyer - . naming me.
protested, but the squire insisted that
my father and had each been kind to
him, and it would be the best DISPOSE
\ tion he could make If the 800,
finally consented to accept the bequest
and finished the will. Witnesses were
called in, and the squire signed the will.
II left it with him and returned home.
. The following day I called several of
my friends around me and told them Of
my good fortune. The squire was still
alive, but az he could not live more
than few days drew out Of bank all
4 Of my money, some $500, and gave my
friends the best dinner that that town
had ever seen.
x "A few days later the squire died. I
was one Of the chief mourners at the
funeral ! had a new. black suit on and
{ : wide Grape band on my hat. After
che funeral, with the squiro's grand
niece leaning % my arm, we entered
I his bedroom and under his pillow found
{ the will Iopened it and read Il to the
niece and several other persons who
claimed to be- cousins Of the testator.
The flrst thing that noticed on OPEN
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handwriting. Il was word for word q
/ had written II, except that the bequest
to mo Of 500, 900 was left out. The old
miser, even IN his dying hours, had
saved fee, for you must know that
after his generosity I had refused to ao-
{ oept fee for drawing the will. After I
had gone the old miser drew another
viii from the form ! had left him
IND cut meout He had other persons
witness the will, and I was ruined and
came to this city. I"
With these words the solicitor applied
amatch to the cigar stump, which had
gone out, and left the other old BENCH
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-oafe II We elope On railroad trainf"
Because papa won't pursue % until
he can ct 9 pasa - Chicago Record.