Evening star., 1924-09-14

was made by the administrator.
Rein Arnold, in April, 1910. One OF
the items the administrator charges
himself with is a pension of $50 du-
the deceased. Whether that was :.
pension for service in the War of
1872 or the Revolution the Rambler
has not inquired. but he has reason
to think that Henry Talbot was an
old man when he died, and was a
Revolutionary soldier
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THE will of Rein Arnold was
probated July %. 1871. He left
to his daughter Rachael, wife of
Thomas NJ. Tolson. a brick dwelling
and store at the corner of Seventh
and G. southeast, then occupied as a
grocery store by Joseph Arnold. He
made requests TO another daughter.
Martha T.. Lay. He also left 5000 I"
Margaret Barnes. Witnesses to the
will were George l.. Sheriff. Nicholas
p Lewis and II. f. McQuay. Georg"
l.. Sheriff was the executor, and III
his final account. August II, 1873, th"
Rambler saw many papers relating
to the estate. One was the bill OF
DR.. w f. Roberts, 49, q street south.
for services in May, June and
July, 1871; the bill OF Henry Lee. uE-
dcrtaker, for walnu' coffin. engraved
plate. twelve hacks, twenty-one crep"
bands and eighteen pairs of silk
gloves; the bill from John Saul, per
NJ. Saul, for a wreath ordered by Mrs.
Wilson, 5l4 Third street; also a re
ceipt for $96S24 from William Fitch
for prosecuting Rein Arnold's claim
against the government for property
destroyed during the Civil War, and
various receipts from Margarel
y
William Turton. There are IS notes
of $25 each, dated October ., 1868.
given by Samuel z. Arnold: not"
given by l.. Huyck for $4,000. July
II, 1865, and a small note by H. 7
Barkeley. January 10. 1870. Some of
the debts due the estate are listed
by the executor in his last account
ing as doubtful" and one is under
the heading "desperate."
AT this point YOU must excuse the
Rambler The bell on the scoreboard
is ringing and the crowd is whoopine.
Another run for the Mats. l must
hurry down to the street The stu
alton needs me. Besides this. Mrs.
Rambler has just phoned that she
Will take me to dinner at the Yelpinc
GazaI eeno Inn. where there are jazz
and dancing, and that Miss y Will
be there.
<Alltl Soillc lOou anu liolLIHS, lltlt
is another engagement. Young
Valentino has asked me to come up
and meet Rebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon.
Princess Henriette and Lady Mary
Carlisle. After than l want to drop
III and see the Rambler'S old friend
Ernest Terrence, who is playing a
French clown who became an English
general and fell in love with titled
woman with money.
Ernest and the Rambler used to
work on the same farm. In 1912
we left Westport, now Kansas City.
for Oregon in a, train of covered
wagons. Another old pal with us
was Tully Marshall. You remember
Tully? He was disguised as old Jim
Bridger. one of the famous men OF
the early West. Perhaps you do not
know that Jim Bridger,. hunter. scout
and guide. whose memory is still Il
treasure Of the West. was born not
far from Washington? Yes. He was
born at Richmond in 1906. In somr
way nearly all great people can be
tracked back to Maryland, Virginia
or Ireland. After saying howdy to
Ernest Terrence, George and Admira
Dyson expect the Rambler to drop
in for a couple of hours at bridge,
and perhaps after that he may go
home for the evening. At any rate.
the Rambler hopes to meet you on
thiS~ese next Sunday and show YOU
another picture of an old house.