Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-31
through the papers, Maitre Leper-

eiifouSH tHe papers, mature ljeper-
tuis added:
II may be allowed to say that I
saw my client only once before /
was summoned to his death bed;
and that vas on the day when he
sent for me to come to his room in
the hotel to hand me the will
which he had just made. This was
Lat the beginning of his influenza.
Mn the course Of conversation he
told me that he had been making
some inquiries with a view to trac-
!ing his mothers family. and that
he intended to pursue these III
quiries seriously after his recoy-
cry. Circumstances. as it turned
ont, prevented his fulfilling his
purpose
Meanwhile, the project Of police
had taken from among the docu-
ments an open envelope contain
ing two sheets of paper. He un-
folded the larger of the two and
said:
This is the will. | will ask you
to listen attentively while | read
it and also the document attached
to it
The others settled themselves in
their chairs; and the project read
out:
The last will and testament OF me.
Cosmo Mornington, eldest son of HUI
bert Mornington and Ermeline Roussel,
his wife. a naturalized citizen OF the
United States of America. l give and
bequeath to my adopted country three
fourths OF my estate. to be employed
on works of charity in accordance with
the instructions, written in my hand,
which Maitre Lepertuis will be good
enough to forward to the ambassador
my property, to the value Of about 1901
600, 900 francs, consisting of deposits in
various Paris and london banks, a
list of which is in the keeping of
Maitre Lepertuis. l give and be%queath,
in memory Of my dear mother, to her
%faVorite sister Elizabeth Roussel or her
direct heirs, or, in default of Elizabeth
and her heirs, to her second sister
Armande RouSsel or her direct heirs;
or, in default of both sisters and their
heirs, to their cousin Victor Roussel or
his direct heirs.
In the event of my dying without
discovering the surviving members of
the 3oussel family, or of the cousin of
the three sisters. L request my friend
Don Louis Perenna to make all the
necessary Investigations. With this OBJ
ject, l hereby appoint him the executor
of my will in so far as concerns the
european portion of my estate, and I
beg him to undertake the conduct of
the events that nay arise after my
death or in consequence Of my death to
consider himself my representative and
to act in all things for the benefit Of
my memory and the accomplishment of
my wishes In gratitude for this service
and in memory of the two occasions on
which he saved my life, / give and be-
queath to the said Don Luis Perenna
the sum of 900, 600 francs.
The project stopped for a few
seconds. Don Luis murmured
"Poor Cosmo! n y \ | should not
have needed that %inducement to
carry out his last wishes"
Nj. Desmalions continued his
reading:
Furthermore, If, within three months
Of my death, the Investigations made
by Don Luis Perenna and by Maitre
Pepertuis have led to no result; if no
heir and no survivor of the Roussel
family nave come forward 10 receive
the bequest, then the whole 100, 000, 000
francs shall definitely, all later claims
notwithstanding, accrue to my friend
Don Luis Perenna. / know him well
enough to feel assured that he will en-
ploy this fortune in a manner which
shall accord with the holiness OF his
schemes n the greatness OF the plans
which he described to me so enthusi-
astically in our tent in Morocco.
CONTINUED Next Week.)