Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-28
carried that hatred to the grave. as UOI1 will GOO as

| montgomery brewster was trying to
 gather himself together from within
 the fog which made himself and the
 world unreal.
 T believe I'd like to have you read this extraor-the will, Mir Grant" he said, with an effort to hold his nerves in leash.
 Mir. Grant cleared his throat and be- gan in his still voice. Once he looked up to find his listener eager, and again to find him grown indifferent. He won dered dimly if this were a pose.
 In brief. the last will of James T.
 Sedgwick bequeathed everything real
 and personal, of which he died pos sessed to his only nephew Montgomery
 Brewster of New York, son of Robert and Louise Sedgwick Brewster. Sup plementing this all important clause
 there Was a set of conditions govern ing the final disposition of the estate. The most extraordinary of these con- ditions wa~ the one which required the heir to be absolutely penniless upon the twenty-sixth anniversary of his birth, Sept 23.
 The instrument went into detail in respect to this supreme condition. It set forth that Montgomery Brewster was to have no other worldly posses sion than the clothes which covered him on the September day named He was to begin that day without penny to his name, without a single article ! of jewelry, furniture or finance that he could call his own or could there l after reclaim. At 9 o'clock. New York time, on the morning of Sept. g the executor. under the provisions of the ! will. was to make over and transfer | moneys, laads, bonds and interests i mentioned in the inventory which ac- companied the will In the event that ! Montgomery Brewster had not in every ; particular complied with the require i ments of the will to the full satisfac- ! ton of the said executor, Swearengen 1 Jones, the estate was to be distributed among certain institutions of charity | designated in the instrument Under lying this imperative injunction of James Sedgwick was plainly discerni- ! ble the motive that prompted it, In almost so many words he declared that his heir should not receive the fortune if he possessed single penny that had come to him in any shape or form from the man he hated. Edwin Peter Brewster. While Sedgwick could not have known at the time of his death that the banker had bequeathed S1,- 100000 to his grandson, it was more than apparent that he expected the young man to be enriched literally by his enemy. It was to preclude any possible chance of the mingling of his fortune with the smallest portion of Edwin P Brewster's that James Sedg- wick on his deathbed put his hand to this astonishing instrument.
 There was also a clause in which he undertook to dictate the conduct of Montgomery Brewster during the year leading up to his twenty sixth annicer- sary. He required that the young man should give satisfactory evidence 10 the executor that he was capable of mana ging his affairs shrewdly and wisely: that he possessed the ability 10 add to the fortune through his own enterprise: that he should come to his twenty-sixth anniversary with fair name and a record free from anything worse than mild forms of dissipation: that his habits be temperate: that he possess nothing at the end of the year which might be regarded as a visible or invisible asset" that he make no endowments: that be give sparingly to charity: that he neither lend nor give away money. for fear that it might be restored 10 him later: that he live on the principle which inspires a man to get his moneys worth" he the ex- penditurs great or small. As these conditions were prescribed for but single year ln the life of the heir. it was evident that Mir SedGwick did not intend to impose any restrictions after the property had gone into his hands.
 How do Tnu like it?" asked NIT. Grant as he passed the will to Brew s;er.
 The latter took the paper and glanced over f with the air of one who had heard hut had not fully grasped it's meaning
 Tt must ba a joke. NIT. Grant" he said. still groplng with difficulty through the fog
 No. Mr Brewster. t Is absolutely genuine. Here is a telegram from the probate court in Sedgwick's home coun ty. received In response to a query from us r. says that the will Is 10 he filed for probate and that Mir. Sedg wick was many times millionaire. This statement. which he calls an in ventoTy. enumerates his holdings and thpir vsIue. and the footing shows Ss.- 3i5 CsnD fu rnnnd numbers. The invest msntS. you see. are gilt edged. There is not bsd penny in all those mil Hons
 Well. it is rather staggering isn't fty said Montgomery. passing his hand over his forehead. He was beginning to comurehend.
 -In more usys than one What are you going to do about itt''
 10 about itE- in surprise Why. it's mine. isn't ity'
 It Is 1ct yours until next septem- her the lawyer quietly said
 Well fancy can wait" said n--E-- --=-A e z--sf1 .T,zS rroz-od -he T air