The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-10-05

Lesi her rtssence shoulj tpmmel
Tree discuaion. the dcvisor, after isir
J ducine Us all .roaud and m.kiag To-
necessary explanations. leit the room, sn,
10 less ihsn Eve minules The air vu fnl
OF aJing iur and feminine iaiy.
Well II cant have The white hous
si,h the eupslow woh'i take anythias
said HsnnRh Marta snd che swished on
Of The room 10 tears, only 10 come back
few minutes later, having thought bellsl
OF IT,
Nov, yon can have the swsmp lo,
Susan. You know your husband slier,
said he'd dt,iu IL II Il vas bh'n. Th,,
IRON Jane
Indeed aud have me purun him ior
fever or ssne all the rest OF bis lie, osushi
workin dovn In that mire, ! guess not,
No ms'am. want the bill farm, it's
little bat it's healthy. aud you sin't 60
smait as You think, Jane Pesrce.
Ladies. lsdietl / interiected mildly.
Really cant make anything ont OF this
II you won't be q little more smicable. 1
am afraid that the testators wise plan
will be frustrated. II you can't come 10 q
better agreement.
,oorniul snii pauctustea by such re
marks as "BrIteW "W retch and the
like, which ran around the room, was oil
got Tor my pains, had interiered In =
family quarrel, aud II was none OF my
far IL the family chose to decide things
iu btllcose way.
And then the row started again after .
few minutes OF sullen silence. II was,
You take the medd,r lot and III take the
wood lot, or, think Elizabeth ought to
have the COWS, her husband bein so shift
less, she could cell tie milk and do bet
ter, Now they banded abont the
"phaeton" and the 'cherry bounce"
which no one seemed to want and seemed
likely to 90 to one OF the unobtrusive
males present.
Then the fight settled thickly over the
little apple orchsrd, and | was reduced
to despair Finally threw myself into
the breach once more with q new propo
sition. | would t,ke on inventory OF
prope,t, and let them ballot on the
proposition srticled there. each piece oil
property eolug to the one having the
plurality OF votes, and ! went to work at
once to put my scheme IN operation with
out waiting for the legstees consent.
The upshot of 1t was that the plan fell
fat on the first round. when very desira
BILE beqnest WAS put mp. each legsiee cast
ing one emphatic ballot for himself or
herself. Then there was scene aud |
tears and more tears, with suspicious
eances st the men whom no ene thought
would have dared to prefer themselves.
dout know how ever came to any
conclusion, but 10 the end | got y fair idea
OF what would be acceptable, and after
with the teststor and getting
her approval drew up the will.
Bet that isn't oil the story, When
came to present my bill, the devisor asked
me how mach wanted. l drew o deep
breath and boldly said: Five dollars. She
almost tainted, aud. mind you, the will
property to the amount Of
$50, 900. When she came to, asked her
i she tbought demanded too much.
III never give It in the world never,
never, neverl was her determined reply.
We'll, would $3.50 be too muchP She
only frowned at this without iainting.
Well, what do you think is right' l
finally asked in despair.
III pay you $3.50 and not cent more,
ihe snswered, jumping st the chance to
,ame her own figures. and I-well. you
Jan call me fool il you will took IL.
rbere'll be doz,n partition suits in that
will and | stand good chance Of getting
into them.
Yes, country practice 10 mesger. but 1t
8 ttimulatipg. concluded the young at
Iorney thoughtinlIy as be ordered =
vent ciesr and went cut, leaving bis hear
" to pay for the drinks,
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