Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-10-30
:WhatUncle
Intended
He Had an Odd Way of
Bringing 1t About
By SARAH BAXTER

An old man lay on II sicGbed, pale
and cmacinted. At table close by.
with writing materials before him, snt
n man with TINT expression ON his
face which IL best described as n bust
ness though fulness and is usually to
be found on the face Of lawyer
"Rcnd to mo these requests, Mr.. Cut
lcr," said the sick man.
Mr.. Cutler read over two or three
Items. none of them amounting to over
800
Now" continued the testator, Il
wish you to put the following In legal
language: My nephew. Edward Hen
dry, son Of my brother of the same
name, and my niece, Lillian Clegg, the
daughter of my sister, Elizabeth Clegg,
are to DO notified after my death at the
same hour and minute that whichever
Is first married shall inherit the residue
of my estate"
The lawyer laid down his pen and
looked fxcdly at his client.
81 fear Mr.. Hendry," he said, that
by such course you will so entangle
your estate that 1t will go to neither
your nephew nor your niece, but be
absorbed In the chancery court"
"Ill risk that" replied the other. II
have certain intentions, and IL they
can't be carried out / don't care where
my fortune goes after my death. Put
1t down MS say In proper FORM"
The attorney spent nearly half an
hour over the item, then read 1t to the
sick man, who appeared to be salts
fed with 1t, and said:
Nov write, I direct that my will
remain in the keeping of my attorney,
EbeneZer Cutler, who Is directed to
keep secret this provision and to an.
nounce 1t to my nephew and my niece
at the same moment, giving no advan-
tage whatsoever to either, and that
said attorney Is to receive the sum of
$4,000 for faithfully carrying 1t out"
"Who, may ask" said Mr. Cutler,
''is to decide whether carry out your
intention faithfullyT
1.-THE courts IL the matter is ques-
toned"
The attorney Immediately went to
work to express the provision I'm legal
parlance and when 1t was finished read
1t to the testator, who, after making
n few minor corrections, seemed satls-
fed with It. Then the lawyer copied
nesses, who signed the will, gathered
up his papers and, after an encourag-
ing remark to tho sick man, withdrew.
Two days later Edward Hendry re-
celved letter bearing the official
stamp Of Cutler, Morrison & Hyde, at
tOrneys, notifying him of the death Of
his uncle, David Hendry, and saying
he was interested in the estate. He
was requested to call at the office Of
the firm on tho 10th day Of Septem-
Der at 10 O'Clock n. M, when he would
be Informed as to the nature Of his
interest Miss Lillian Clegg also re-
ceived a notification TO the same ef-
feet.
On the morning of the 10Th of Sep
TENDER Miss Clegg drove up to tho
Office Of Cutler, Morrison & Hyde and
was shown into private room. She
had not been there ten minutes when
tho door was opened and In walked her
cousin, Edward Hendry. Each started
on seeing tho other, and each appeared
greatly embarrassed. Mr.. Hendry bow
ed stifIly, and Miss Clegg returned tho
bow with hauteur.
at IL some time since we met" re-
marked the gentleman, In order to
break an embarrassing silence.
Eyes, 1t is."
"Uncle David wns very good man."
IAN excellent man."
"Rather singular, though"
Every singular"
Ellis Intentions were good, but no
was not always wise in carrying them
out"
There was no reply to this. Miss
Clegg knew very well what was meant.
Her uncle had endeavored to make a
match between her and her cousin Ed
ward Hendry when he was twenty
and she WINS barely eighteen. Ned
had ut the time become temporarily in.
fatuated with the daughter Of butch.
or and had shown plainly that even n
million of dollars, which his uncle had
agreed to settle on him in case he mar
ried his cousin, was not sufficient to
cause him to give up the lady of his
love.
"Pve often thought" he continued,
that II Uncle David had chosen diff
ferent time and had not made 1t 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
disappointed.
"Pm engaged to a splendid fellow.
He's considered to be one Of tho finest
young men in America"
Hendry when he had been absent for
some time from the butchers dnugh-
ter and returned to see her as she was
commonplace and homely - had
sought to undo what he had done with
his cousin. She had declined even 10
speak to him when she met him on tho
street. She was now innlcting upon
him further punishment, However, he
was not minded TO take bis drubbing
cnsily Tic told nm nntruth, pretending
t. be engaged
my hancee is very lovely. too" no