Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-12-04
:WllatUncle;
Intended
he Had an Odd Way Of
Bringing Il About
By SARAH BAXTER

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An old man lay on a sickbed. pals
and emaciated- At a table close By
vita writing mateslals before him. sal
a man with that expression on hi.
face which y best described as bust
ness thoughtfulness and is usually to
be found On the face OF a lawyer.
sRead to uie these requests. Mr.. Cut
ler.- said the sick nan-
Mr. Cutler read over two or three
items. none Of them accounting to over
500.
-Now." continued the testator. Il
wish you 10 put iae fi,lowlng In legal
language: My neple+.. Edward Hen
dry. son OF my ba11i.lr Of the same
name. and my niecr. Lillian CIecs. the
daughter Of ny sister. Elizabeth Clegg.
are 10 be notified after my death at the
sane hour and minute that whichever
Is first married shall inherit the residue
Of my estate
The lawyer laid down his pen and
looked fixeily at his client
4 fear. Mr. Hendry.- be said. -that
By such a eourse you Will so entansle
your estate that it will go to neither
your nephew nor your niece. but be
absorbed in the ehancery court
I'm risk that replied the other. Il
have certain intentions. and II they
can't be carried out / don't care where
ny fortune goes after ny death Put
it down as / say 10 proper FORM
The attorney spent nearly half an
hour over the item. then read il to the
sick man. who appeared 70 be salts
fed With It. and said:
NOW write. I direct that nv Will
remain in the keeping or mr. attorney.
Ebenezer cltier. who Is directed 10
keep secret lhis provision and to an.
n0unce it 70 my nephew and ms niece
at the same moment. giving 10 advan-
fnee whatsoever to either. and that
said attorney Is 20 receive the sum Of
$1,000 for faithfully carrying IL out 81
.Who. may ask said Mr. Cutler.
H to decide whether carry out your
intention faithfullyT
The courts. If the matter Is ques-
Toned"
The attorney Immediately went to
work to express che provision in legal
pari4llse and when it was finished read
It TO tie testafor. who. after making
few minor corrections. seemed salts
fed wifi IL Then the lawyer copied
all that he had written, called in wit
nesses. who signed the viii, gathered
up his papers and. after an encourag-
ing remark to the sick man. withdrew.
Two days later Edward Heudry re-
eeiYed letter bearing the official
stamp Of Cutler, Morrison & HYDE. at
torneys, notifying him Of the death OF
bis uncle. David Hendry- and saying
he was interested Ia the estate. He
vas requested to call at the Office of
the hrm on the 10th day Of Septem-
Der at 10 O'Clock a. m. when he would
be Informed as to the nature Of his
interest Miss Lillian Clegx also re-
ceised a notification to the same ef
feet.
On the morning OF the 18th Of Sep
tember Miss Clegg drove up to the
Office Of Cutler. Morrison & HYDE and
was shown into a private room. she
had not been there ten minutes when
the door was opened and in walked her
cousin, Edward Hendry. Each started
on seeing the other. and each appeared
greatly embarrassed. Nh. Hendry bow
ed stifiy, and Hiss clegg returned the
bow with hauteur.
1T IS some time since we net re-
marked the gentleman. in order to
break an embarrassing silence.
YES. il Is
Uncle David was very good man.
An excellent man"
-Raiher singular. though
VERY singular
sHis intentions were good. but he
was not always wise in carrying them
OUT
There was ho reply to this. Miss
clesg knew very well what was meant
Her uncle had endeavored TO make 4
match between her aud her cousin Ed
ward Hendry when be was twenty
and she was barely eighteen. Nea
had at the time become Temporarily fn-
fatuated With the daughter OF a brtch.
er and had shown plainly that even
million Of dollars. which his uncle had
agreed 70 settle on him IN case he mar
ried his cousin. was not sufficient to
cause him to give up the lady Of his
love.
i've often thought" be continued
''that II Uncle David had chosen a air
ferent time and had not made il a mat
ter Of money
There's no use going backward
It's too late now. Uncle Is dead. and
I'm engaged
The young man looked very much
I'm engaged to. a splendid fellow.
He's considered 10 be one OF the finest
young uIen In America
Heudry when he had been 4hsent for
some time from the butchers daurh-
ter and returned t. see her as she was 4
-commonplace and hnmeiy had /
sought 10 undo what be had done with
his cousin. she had declined even to !
speak to bin when she met him on fhe
sfreet. she was now inflcting upon /
him further punishment However. he
was aot minded to take bis drubbIng
easily He told an untrutk. pretending
to be engaged
My haneee Is VERY lovely. too" he
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