The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
HE MAY HAVE BEEN
 VERY INSANE, BUT

An lmpecunlous attorney in an east en state died in an asylum for the insane to which he had been commit will:
 "ln the name of God. Amen. L, Charles Lounsbury, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do now make and publish this, my last will and testament, in order, as justly as l may, to distribute my interests in the world among succeeding men.
 And first, that part of my interests which is known among men and rec ognized in the sheepbound volumes of law as my property, being inconsid- erable and of no account, 1 make no account of this in my will.
 My right to live, it being but a life estate, is not at my disposal; but these things excepted, all else in the world 1 now proceed to devise and bequeath.
 Item. And first I give to good fathers and mothers, but in trust for their children, nevertheless, all good little words of praise and all quaint pet names; and charge said parents to use them justly but generously as the needs of their children shall re- quire.
 "Item. 1 leave to children exclusive ly, but only for the life of their child hood, all and every, the dandelions of the fields and the daisies thereof, with the right to play among them freely, according to the custom of children, warning them, at the same time, against thistles. And I devise to chill dren the yellow shores of creeks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, with dragon flies that skim the surface of said waters, and the odors of the willows that dip into said waters, and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees.
 "And I leave to children the long, long days to be merry in, in a thou sand ways, and the night and the moon and the train of the milky way to wonder at, but subject, neverthe- less, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers; and 1 give to each child the right to choose star that shall be his, and I direct that the child's father shall tell him the name of it in order that the child shall always remember the name of that particular star, after he has learned and forgot ten astronomy.
 "Item. l devise to boys jointly all the idle fields and commons where ball may be played, and all the snow clad hills where one may coast, and all the streams and ponds where one may skate, to have and to hold the same for the period of their boyhood. And all meadows, with the clover blos- soms and butterflies thereof; and all woods with their appurtenances of squirrels and whirring birds and echoes and strange noises; and all dis tant places which may be visited, to- gether with the adventures there found, I do give to said boys to be theirs. And I give to said boys each his place at the fireside at night, with all pictures that may be seen in the burning wood or coal, to enjoy with out let or hindrance and without any membranes or cares.
 "Item. To lovers I devise their im- aginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses of the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, or aught else they may de- sire to figure to each other the last ingness and beauty of their love. "Item. To young men, jointly, being joined in brave, mad crowd, devise and bequeath all the boisterous, in- spring sports of rivalry. I give to them the disdain of weakness and un- daunted confidence in their own good strength. Though they are rude and rough, leave to them alone the fine power of making lasting friendships and of possessing companions, and to them exclusively I give all merry merry songs and brave choruses to sing, with smooth voices to troll them | forth.
 "Item. And to those who are no longer children or youths or lovers, leave memory, and I leave to them the volumes of the poems of Burns, and Shakespeare, and of other poets | if there are others, to the end that they may live the old days over again freely and fully, without tithe or di- intuition. And to those who are no longer children or youths or lovers I l leave. too, the knowledge of what a