The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-19
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Ridiculous! Can anything that sep
arates us be ridiculousY win not
bring trouble on you and on myself By
marrying you. who, having been
brought up on expectations, have made
no preparation for earning a living"
rPerhaps not, but you'll laugh all the
same when / tell you to whom my
aunt left her property
'sro whom did she leave it?"
Il am next Of kin and at the death
Of the present incumbent VIII succeed
to the estate"
Il didn't ask that asked whom your
aunt made her heir
Il am thinking Of killing him."
ooh. Edwardl'
sits the only sure way open to me.
If the other branches Of the family
hear Of how the matter stands they'll
break the will"
"But in that case you VIII get your
share"
''That would be q few thousand only.
There are several hundred relatives. I
want the whole property"
cant you compromise with this per.
son whom your aunt made her heirg'
mo. He isn't capable 81 making an
agreement He does nothing but strut
about
Come, come. Tell me the legal
points have more head for such
things than You suppose
"Wel. my aunt left the property to
this person. and, considering who he
Is, the bequest IS ridiculous. That win
be the plea Of the relatives II they try
to break the WILL But I, being the
heir Of this legatee at bis death. win
take possession OF the property. The
other heirs viii still have good cause
for a suit but | win have the sinews
OF war Understand
"Yes, perfectly. But this person to
whom the property has BEEN
@When you see him you will see
coxcomb."
what was your aunt's attraction for
him7
'He was her husband"
"Her husbandT
$50 she considered him"
but supposed your uncle died long
ago"
80 be did,
"Wen, then. how 4 it that this"-
"Bigamista
''BigamistT"
THAT'S what be e. He has a couple
on dozen wives
Edward. I'm not going to stand this
any longer Yeu are attempting to
make a fool 81 me-
Il assure you that everything I have
said Of him IS true. and. worse, be has
never been married TO one Of the wives
with whom he lives
THE beastF
"He Is not & beast at ail"
"Then for goodness sake what kind
Of a person IS her
Listen 10 ME. My aunt 10 her
younger days was d great student. She
studied everything -seience. religion,
philosophy She passed from one sys-
tenn to another unfll She became q
strong believer Ii the TRANSPORTATION
Of souls she was much attached to
her husband, who humored her in her
different faiths. There IL no proof
whatever but that she was sound Id
mind 10 her latter days, though she
firmly believed that att her husbands
death his soul passed into little
chick that broke through its shell the
exact minute my uncle died She at
once took the greatest care Of this
chick. ordered special house to be
built for him and always called him
'Dearle,' the pet name she had bad
for my uncle. He grew up to be a
ine rooster. and ms aunt never re-
laxed the attention she had shown him
from bis birth.
well, when the old lady died and
came to look over her win, what did
find but that she bad left her whole
fortune to her husband in the body Of
this chicken"
cha, ha, haF'
Didn't 1 tell you you'd laughp
s'Its too ridiculous"
That's what / said too
Weir after pause what are you
going To dot"
aKin Dearie.1
"And thenF
make application for the estate as
his heir"
'tWhy not as next Of kim"
"There are too many next Of kin.
would rather inherit 100000 from a
rooster than few hundred from a
human being"
'Well, then. why don't you kill himY'
che Is protected. The woman to whom
my aunt paid large salary to take
care Of him never lets him cut Of her
sight. Force Of habit from knowing
when my aunt lived that Il Dearie
suffered she would lose a fat job leads
her to still watch But I'm going to
try to get at him tonight with a
Ratchet"
Goodness gracious
"0h. Edward. where have you beeni
There is blood oH your shirt bosomP
"There was blood ia my eye last
night
"what haze you doneg