Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-02

'Conditionally, also, that my body,
after embalming according to my in
structions, be carried into the room
leading out of my bedroom, and
placed in the iron receptacle / had
specially constructed, without religi-
Gus rite or ceremony of any kind.
have tried to make my peace with my
Creator; to Him l leave the rest. This
done, the iron chamber to be locked in
the presence of the said Paul Capel,
who shall take the key. The door
way shall then be built up with blocks
of stone similar to those of which /
had the room built, suficiency of
which are stored up in cellar No. 4,
sealed with my seal.
And I here solemnly bind my
heir and successor to observe exactly
these my commands, that my body
may rest undisturbed in my old home,
under penalty of forfeiture of the said
freehold as above named
He must have been mad said
Arts, in an audible voice.
And as I, being now in full pos
session of my senses, continued Mr..
Critic, slightly raising his voice,
know that this is a strange and
arduous burden to lay upon my heir
in chief, though l have taken such pre-
cautions that in short time my pres
ence in the house may entirely be for
gotten, / give and bequeath to him
for his sole use and enjoyment-and in
hope that with the help and advice of
my old friend, Joshua Critic, he will
sensibly invest, and sell and invest
the Russian leather case containing
Bank Of England notes amounting to
five hundred thousand pounds
Arts drew a long breath through
his teeth; Katrine D'Enghien leaned
forward, with her beautiful eyes fixed
on Paul Capel; Lydia sunk back in
her seat with a feeling of misery she
crush her; while Paul Capel sat now
unmoved. And, continued the old
lawyer, the fiat silver case contain
ing the diamonds, pearls, rubies, and
emeralds, beQueathed to me by my
mistresses, the Rance of IlIahad and
the Begun Of Rahahbad, valued at
one million sterling, more or less.
These cases are in the steel chest in
the iron chamber in which my coffin
is to be placed when the cases are
taken out, the keys of which, and the
secret of the lock, being known only
to my old friend, Joshua Critic. whom
| constitute my sole executor, and my
old friend and servant, Ramo, whom
| commend to the care of my grand
nephew, the said Paul Capel.
Furthermore, the remainder Of the
sum of fifty thousand pounds in con-
soils, after providing for the payments
hereinbefore stated as legacies, I de-
sire my executor to distribute in
twenty equal sums to as many deserv-
ing charities as he may select
The reading of the rest of the docu-
ment occupied scarcely a couple Of
minutes, and then the old solicitor
rose. The servants slowly left the
room, making detour so as to bow
and courtesy to the colonel's heir,
Ramo last-furtively watching Charles
Ito go slowly to the young mans
side, bow reverently. take his hand
and kiss it, saying softly the one
word
''Sahib''
Don't go, Ramo." said Mr. Critic;
and the old Indian slowly backed into
the corner by the door, where he stood
nearly invisible, waiting until such
time as he should be called upon to
give his share of the secret of the
chamber beyond the dead mans room.