The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-02-09
carried that hatred to- the grave, q,
ran will seav


you will see"
Montgomery Brewster. was trying to
gather himself togetheI ..m within
the fog which made hin.eea.f and the
world unreal.
j 81 believe I'd like to lave you read
this extraor-the VIII, Mr.. Grant" ne
said, with an effort to hold his nerves
tn leash.
Mr.. 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 dimiy II this were a pose.
In brief. the last will Of James +.
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 was the one which required
the heir to be absolutely penniless upon
the twenty-sixth anniversary Of his
birth. Sept. %.
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 70 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
after reclaim. At 9 O'Clock, New York
time. on the morning OF Sept. % the
executor, under the provisions Of the
will. was to make over and transfer
to Montgomery Brewster all Of the
moneys. lands. bonds and interests
mentioned In the inventory which ac-
companied the will. In the event that
Montgomery Brewster had not in every
particular complied with the require
nents OF the will to the full satisfac
ton Of the said executor Swearengen
Jones, the estate was to be distributed
among certain institutions Of charity
designated in the instrument Under
lying this imperative injunction CT
James Sedgwick was plainly discerni-
Bile the motive that prompted 1t. In
almost so many words he declared that
his heir should not receive the fortune
4 he possessed single penny that had
come to him in any shape or form
from the man be hated. Edwin Peter
Brewster. While Sedgwick could not
have known at the time Of his death
that the banker had beQueathed ST.
100000 to his grandson, it was more
than apparent that he expected tie
young man to be enriched literally by
his enemy 1t Was to preclude any
n possible chance Of the mingling Of his
fortune with the smallest portion Of
Edwin p. Brewster's that James Ssdg-
wick a his deathbsd put his hand to
this astsniGAinS instrument.
There was aiss q clause in which he
unAsrtssk to 1ss<ats the conduct Of
ksatSessery Brswstsr during the year
leaA1ng Up - lii twsoty sixth AnAivsr
sary. He required that the yssag man
she~3d give satisfactory evidence to
the exeeatsr that he was capable OF
managing his aEairs shrewdly and
wisely; that 10 possessed the ability
to 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 rs q visible
or invisible asset that he make no
endowmcnts: that he give sparingly to
charity: that he neither lend nor give
away money. for fear that it might be
restored to him later; that he live on
the principle which inspires 4 man to
"get his moneys worth" be tie ex-
penditure great or small. AS these
conditions were prescribed for but a
single year in the life Of the heir, it
was evident that Mr.. Sedgwick did not
intend to impose any restrictions after
the property had gone into his hands.
How do you like it?' asked Mr..
Grant ~ he passed the will to Brew
ster
The latter took The paper and glanced
over it. with the air sf one who had
heard Int had net fully srasped its
mean
ut must he q joke, Mr.. Grant" he
said. stM SToping win difneaity
through the fog.
mo. Mr.. Brewster, it u absolutely
genuine. Here IL a telegram from the
probate court In 6edEwicks home coun-
ty. received In response to q query
from US. 1t says that the will Is to
be fled for probate and that Mr.. Sedg
wick was many times Millionaire.
This statement. which he calls an in
ventory, enumerates his holdings and
their value. and the footing shows &c.,
ments. you see. are gilt edg I'd. There