Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-03

gathered Co pay her inc last respects After the funeral they slt in the front room. which she had used as parior. and listened In silence to the reading Of the brief will
 The lawyer, Mir Rhodes, polished his eyeglasses and adjusted them to his long nose "Ahcm." he said loudly "Of course you al participated in the generous distribution oC Mrs. Morgan's s household furniture some twenty odd years ag0g
 ''Ail the furoiUre in these two rooms is bequeathed to Mrs. Deacon Flint in remembrance of her never failing kindness-all the furniture with the following exceptions. Bedstead and mattresses. mahogany bureau to match. light cherry stand. work table, morris chair and wicker rocker-to be divided among my four nieces-Janc Morris, Ann Squires, Fanny Ray aud Thomas inc Wells-and my two nephews- George Giles and Luke Howe-in what ever manner my esteemed friend Hen ry Rhodes may deem wiser Once more the lawyer challenged them to dispute the justice of this will.
 Your aunt also wishes that several personal belongings shall be divided among you m the same way. There Is marble clock, a pair of vases, brass andirons. a china lamp. q looking glass aud-her parr0t-the stuffed par rot You all recollect that this faith ful bird was the companion of your aunt for many lonely years and that she esteemed it highly"
 Thomasine was the only one who y0uchsafed an acknowledgment of this tribute 10 the defunct bird. She never had liked parrots-she thought them noisy. screami2g pests-but because poor Aunt Lucia was dead and had thought Co mention her dead pet in the will Thomasine smiled and said they had all heard that the parrot was de voted to Aunt Lucia.
 '.The clothes and little personal be- iongings were distributed among her close friends before she died, went on the lawyer. referring to the will. Your aunt has left a sum of money sufficient to cover all necessary expenses, and if there is a little surplus it is to go for the care of her burial plot. That's ali"
 T thought there was some money remarked George Giles, rubbing sun burned hand over his head in a pug zled manner He was q prosperous farmer. and he had p-1mised himself a little pleasure trip with any legacy he might receive from Aunt Lucia
 Here are copies of the will" said the lawyer terseiy, handing around duplicates of the document. ''You may keep these. You win note that Mrs Morgan especially emphasizes the fact that each article and all it contains is 10 % to the one who takes it away. She also suggests that the distribution be made by choice. the oldest one hay ing first choice This, I think. would be very proper"
 ''Very well.'' said Ann Squires eager. | ly She was the frstbOrn among | them. The others signlficd assent with more or less satisfaction according to age. Thomaslne Wells felt very help less somehow. She would have liked to choose the mahogany work table II was very pretty. with glass knobs on the drawers. but it was very likely that one of the others would want | that.
 Thomasine was quite poor. She had been apprenticed to a dressmaker when she was fifteen. and now she sewed al home fin the few rooms she hired fin a small town fifty miles from Little River. The other heirs were well to do farmer folk who had had many opportunities to visit Aunt Lucia and !; shower attentions upon her declining years. Poor Thomasine had had to
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