The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-05-18


boarding school tod me he was going
to be in Boston los few days, ar l
might have a weesis vacation and come
up with him Ibhad been getting vorv
low marks in my studies for some time
and the principal OF the school made it
a condition Of ~ being allowed the
vacation that Should work ont num-
Der of problems Ia Algebra and do d GER
tain number of pages Of Virgil during
the week
''Well, coming up in the train, Un-
Gle Sandman talked Fith uae for awhile
and then went into 10 smoking car. |
got ont my Virgil saAd began to work
at it | had pron.iSed to do Rcertain
number of pages ana knew that my
uncle would insisS q sly doing it. SO
Thought d get some OF 1t done on the
train and so have more time to myself
in Boston After half an hour or so |
got tired Of it and went into the smok-
ing car to find my uncle. He was swap
ping yarns with two drummers Pretty
soon they began to talk Of great will
case that was in the papers that day.
Some disappointed heirs of a million
aire had contested swill, and it had
been set aside.
:" ! tell you, said my uncle, putting
at his cigar, there isr' much use now
adays in a mans making his will If
any Of his relatives or step relatives
are dissatisfied with their share, all
they have to do is to break the will
Any respectable lawyer ought to be able
to draw up will that no one could
break.
MY uncle went u smoking I've
never made a will, ne said-'there's
/ plenty Of time for that yot-but when
Go think | shall bsable to do it with
! out calling Il any f1el Of = LAWYER 1t
won't take long to write my will
mean to leave all nave to that boy
there nodding at ne: that is-if he
behaves himself
"He puffed at bis cigar for few mo-
ments in silence andthen said, Just to
show how easy it is, III write will
now He took fountain pen from his
pocket Let me have your book, San
dy.
81 handed over The Virgil, and my
uncle. turning over 10 one of the back
fly leaves, wrote few lines. 'Therel
he said 4 think thatwill would stand
He read it aloud. AS nearly as re-
member it, it was W trded like this:
March II, 189-.
II hereby give, devise and bequeath every.
thing of which | die possessed, both real estate
and personal. to Alexander Sandman Schwar-
zcnberg, son of the late John and Rachel
Schwarzenberg. ALEXANDER SANDMAN.
'Therer said my uncle, passing the
book TO one of the dlammers DO you
see anything the mgfter with rhat2'
That 's.no gsvt said the drum
mer.
est isn't2' said Uncle Sandman.
I'D like to know why it isn't'
1t isn't witnessed. replied the
commercial traveller
''Ohl' said my uncle. We'll, you
two fellows just put your names down
as witnesses.
They did SO with some joking. and
then my uncle called brakeman who
was sitting near and who had heard the
talk. Just put your name down there.
Johnnie, be said We might as we'll
do the thing in style and have threu
witnesses.
''The brakeman signed his name, and
then Uncle Sandham, closing the book,
handed it over to ne. Take care Of
that, Sandy, my boy, he said. There's
your fortune in a Virgil
1.-THE drummers began swapping
yarns again. After awhile the smoke in
the car began to make me sick was
only kid then, you know. and wasn't
used to it Well, II got up to go in one
of the forward cars. The smoking car
was the last on the train. 1t was snow
ing, raining and hailing by turns, and
the wind was blowing a gale. As l
crossed the platforms from one car to
another my foot slipped on the icy
boards, and great gust of wind carried
away my hat and nearly made me lose
my balance. | Ithrew up my arms to save
myself and the Virgil slipped from my
hand and disappeared beside the track.
[ was afraid Of what my uncle would
say when | told him Of my carelessness.
So went forward into the farthest car
from the smoker and sat down in cor
uer. :"
The boy stopped as if that were the
end Of his story al | Il rolled the cigar
in his fingers.
"Well. said ], y on. Was your
uncle SO angry that be disinherited
your
mo. replied flle boy slowly. 81
hadn't been in tfie forward car 20 min
utes when there was a terrific crash
that smashed the windows and threw
me against the SET in front.
San express + in had come up be-
hind MS and s1ra ed nto as, telescop-
ing the two rear RS. Uncle Sandman
and the two dr." 1ers we're among the
killed The baa.Aman who had signed
the will escap=l with only slight in
juries.
"Well. / sal, ''that is quite a
yarn.
"The day after the funeral" the
trainboy went ON, 81 went back to the
nearest town to the nlaco where the
book had been losf an6 walked up and
Town the track j lie looking for
t.
''You never for i " asked.
mo, but thre moi later was
here again, and eou rot help look
ng along the e1c; ne track as ! J
walked. altLoug of 7rse didn't
.eally expect to ta1 ii ( met small
Joy. who asked VII was looking
or. asked him hs hld ever heard
# any one who hga f ID book near
here He said = $, knew a boy
Yho had fnnnd OF IT, early in the