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FME FRANCIS (Author of “In a North Country Village,
A Daughter of the Boil," etc.)
No one had over thought of making the Squire of Thornleigh to draw up a will until, at the death of 11 missus old Ben Gilbertson in formed him that he would feel a dale appier if he would consent to do so for him,
** The settle,” resumed the Squire, shall go to Barak Wareing...
Bo it. The agreed Margery"! It'a rotNow this is the ruis I propose to follow. kár own aldout sister should havn it."
Yon, Jolin, au Ben's brother, nħall- hero his shirts and his singlets, the nephews may divide his waistcost and tronsors, and yon, Susy," nodding cheerfully to the Gilbertson piece, may have his out. I'll settle Hary's things in the some way. Next-of-kin, nart to akin, as
I don't hord wi Margery Warning havin that clock,” said old John Gilbertson, who had been evolving the previous problem In bis
osrned tone that he was sorry, he could not read - mind. "If the watch is to go to the Wareings. [I any Then nobody on The Bquire a plan
had
ont Ben's will because as a matter of fact he its reet as Gilbertsons should have you clock.
dlost it
If ter bought out o. Mary's chicken-money Both Wareinge sad the Gilbertsons had I'd like to know who paid for the hens-who'd implicit faith in the Squire's imponability; be like pay for the hens unless twer our Bon antheless they were a good deal calon back The clock, resumed the Squire, peramp at this announcement, and after a blank pause, torily. “gove to Margary Wareing; the satile, Jon Gilbertson Inquired with some truenlence to Barah Warging The kitchen fender and what was going to be done about that,
It won't be so easy to manage now," he added
I don't howd wi lawyer folks," said Ben Han Canon, he made our Mary's will, Pd hardly have the face to ar him to write out another so soon. She left everything to
** Easy enough,” pat in one of the naphews, me, ye know. Ɛsys she, "The things was
a sharp young man who was nanistant to the mostly bought out of your the in Great Upton grocer, everything se old. Hen tia but rest as you should have the settlin' left all al have to be divided now betwixt his of om. She war wonderful mensible our next of kin matron Alan 62, our Mary was. Well, so I thought if ye'd For shame of you!" wied Margory Were- be so good se to help me er my will Squire, ing, shrilly, "I never did hear nothin as owds I'd like to have all set out plan and straight cious. Our Mary tend us time and again se
fire-irons to Jano Norris."
“I knowed Bon 'ud never forget me," remark ed Jane, complacently, the
a T can't think linte rest, air," put in Sarah Wareing, sharply that kitchen fander wer'. I met say, the apple of our poor Mary's pys: El, door the finace an Hinges I've need her n-polishia
that stool bar on top. I'm right down certain
would ha broke her heart, if she'd be thought But the Squire did not hesitate even for
Both Bon And
'twas to go out o'her ownfamily."
a
There was a dead sulance, was set forth so triumphantly, as to be at frat deceptive. It takes some time for a new idea to penetrate into Lancashire heads, and for a moment of two, the parties coiverned were disposed to acquieson, but presently Margoy said, tentatively
"It I was to have Mary's stockin's somebody dlse ud be gettin' her boots P":
"To be sure" agreed the Squirs. “ I daresay Joe there would like them for the misons.
*But what age is waistcoats and trousbra
wi'out conta ? asid John Gilbertion, anddenly illuminated, "That don't seem to work out, root, Squira, And there's our Ben's top-coat, what he used to wear in winter-ite me as ought to have that if anybody has it." you don't think a hard and fast rale would Well," resumed the Squire suavely,
·
no Bồ thờng need be no quarrelling at after I'm we was to look for our share at arter poor Be moment here. Mary, agreed that Jane answer-and of course hard and fast rule
gane. There's my folks you know, an' there's our Mary's folks they'll all be lookin' for emmat. I reckon I'd best sette it while T'm till o' my feet-I doubt I'll not be so very long behind our missus. I could like to follow her
say time now *****
go
was took: All an I've got all to him for his life, says she hat when we both shits to our long home organ
was to have that fond r, he responded, “Ben toll ma do dozeni, of timen. He said" **Ấn for as that goon” interrupted darah,here the Squires blue eyes twinkled a little good few of the things is ours by reeta. That maliciously, that neither yon nor Margery settle yonder was mother's, for one thing. To were house-proud enough to keep that steel
72 bar as his missus would have wished it to bo. ought to be ashameds yoursel, Jim Gülbartson.
So he ought," agreed the Squire, looking | kept, bat he knew Jane Norris would value it teraly at the youth in
and giving. You see. Jand has been doing for him sinco denca twist to his white stache,
Mary's death, and he could see for himself how she kept his thinga"
He brushed his cost-cuff soross his eyes, and the Squire, firmly jamming his pins in the corner of his mouth with one hand, bestowed an ensuraging pat on Bou's shoulder with the other. His eyes, too, were dim for a moment that I have mistad is of no cont They understood each other, these two Isance. saire mon; and Ben felt more consoled by that at all, he added: "talked the friendly clap than if the Squire had preached matter over with Bles, and gave him my adrien I'm here to see that his wishes are carried out and that each one of you receives his or her just share Now first with regard to the money tion, while the Squire took a small squat book The assemblage listened with strained witen from his pocket, and leisurely turned over its pages.
a whole sermon on resignation, inte
Bon, however, lived many years after the devising of this document, which some people said served to prolong his life. He was a bobbling up to the Hall with anxious request to see the Squire immediately: He had un bethought himself about the missus's watch armchair to one of his own folk"
The fury of both seaticus of the assemblago broke forth at this The Gilbertsons opined that there were others of that family as could be house proud as well as them as was scared in at all, and we had bon paid good wage for Ben was nobbat ninepoca is the tibia at the little they à Cone for poor old Hon. Why the best o' times! He weren't no judge who
was house-prone in k family and who wan't.
don't always answer-you can leave the mat- ter in my hands, and I'll divide the things among you as I think fit. But there must be no more arguing, do you understand? I can't be here all night.
Faces cleared and harmony was instantly
restored.
The Squire, rising to his fest, conscien- lonely inspected each shabby well-worn arti ole of apparel, mod judicially allotted it to one or other applicant. When the last fannel petticoat had been thankfully nosived by a married Wareing nephew, and the last pair of socks, pocketed by the Gilbertson niece, who observed that though they were past scrubbing the floor, the meeting broke up. mending they'd soute in very handy for
or he had taken a fancy about, learing the "Al have is my memorandum. Benjamin The Wareings on the other hand were divided Thero was a tall desk in a retired corner of
One day, however, the Squire firmly put an and to this indecision. Having written out the will the fifth time he read it aloud to Ben, who listened with grave satisfaction, and declared that its provisions were entirely in accordance with his wishes, the Bquire then sealed it up in the old man's presence, and lemnly affirmed that he would alter it no tiers.
I will put it away cafely he announced need have no fear of that, and when you go aloft, Bon, I will so that everything is r ranged as you with; but you can't improve upon that will by making any my olange * Iva
va a first-rate will and ought to a
ssly every
Gilbertsen left one hundred pounds in my hands between pions indignation at Mary & slight of this morning to be kept until after his death. her own flesh and blood, and an inclination to of the decision wishes the money to pensen on his funere be disbelieve in the validity o
money to be distributed among his attributed to her. own nearest relations. If his brother John mind," pipod Margory, "my gater Mary wives him he is to be entitled to two sim sayin' le me one day when I popped in on my the remainder to be divided among his nephews way to Upton, and found her ergopied by the and nieces. That's plain enough.
hearth polishin' yon har I mind so well as if "That's plain," agreed the fortunate Tegatester yesterday her sayin' to me This 'erejob in choras John Gilbertson declaring with "nil not be to your likin. I doubt, Margery, but great satisfaction that it was very plain, re
"Is there no mention of a cousin, Fquire whoover has this fonder st arter I'm sinder. ground, must sos an' koop it as Eve kept it" “If anything 'na show plain as you weren't meant to have it, Miss Wareing, I should think it 'ud be that observed Mrs. Norrisha
engnired Jane, with a dropping jawa
“None whatever ***responded the Squire firmly. Well, there's one thing selled. Now there's the watch, Hary watch which used to
to her father, I behave "Vir die knowed you when't so very fond o work and the Here the Squire thumped upon the table, and ender was restored.
Betrach gratified by these encombent's rost, six put in Margery Wareing / bore in tuind them as wùs,”
ན་
took his departure, and the Bquire proceeded to put away the will. He pat it way so carefully, quickly Twas my foyther's an his 'n afore in fact, that when year or two later, old in the rale owd turnip shape-sh, how well Gilbertson joned his Mary, he could not for the mind sein it for balgin out e, grantay
life of him recollect where he had bestowed it
In vain were bupboards ransacked and drawers emptied; study, library, and dressing-roum turned upside down-the will scomed to have
vanished
The Squire, however, accepted the situation with philosophy. He had luckily jotted down the can, which Ben had deposited in his hands; after the expenses of the funeral had been de frayed, the remainder would be divided among the old man's port-of-kin. Bu had made his wishes particularly clear on this point marked,
Furnitur is one thing," he had **but brass is another. I don't reckon mokry onght to look for that wi out my own flesh. an blood."
Squire felt Limself quite For the rest the Squire felt himself quite equal to the task of dividing Ben's effects, and these which Mory had left behind. It was true that Ben hed changed his mind often that the Squire was a little hazy as to what had been dnally settled about Man watch, and who was to have been the ultimate possessor of the hig elbow-okair; but he did not much distress himself about the mixtter." After all, Ben had anxiously consulted him as to the disposal of mol of them, and the mislaid document had been drawn up entirely according to his personal views of equity. It soomed to him quite staple to portica out the actual as to arrange their destina of property tions on paper.
|ther's wenkit. "
**Yes, it's boon in the Wareing family a long Love, agreed the Squire, and Mary settled during her lifetime that her eldet nephew Bob Wareing (Bob Joe's) was to have it after Ban't death, t
snapper Hob howd of it!"
elder's
He had smoked two pipes and rapped upon the table sores of time osfors the remainder of the household effects were distributed, if not to the stisnotion of the parties most nearly onested, at least entirely to his own, DE LE
Now," he said, looking round with a smile of freebly awakened interest, “now we'll softie **Well!" szalaimed Margery and Barsh about the poor old chap's clothes, de
"Eh, there's a good fow o Mary's too," but together, the yomger remaining mata after in Margory Poor Boswell, I'm not ans to this single ejaculation, alle the quavering pipe sortinued:"Eh, dear, I call speak ill of them as is gone, but 'tis but true to that downrent viored
of our Marylis to be say as he were awful nest. He wouldn't no mich hoped fell not come again her where's the's part wi' one o' my pour sister skaudkerchiefs: gone! To leave me out the owdest, next not during his lifetime, he wouldn't ways to hor, an' as abs knowed had the best rest to be Nought as is in this house shall bo took out por ferther's math! I thought bail rough oll Em carriol out feet fest mysel?It'e us, I super son it tolong but not if that whipper-tail, Sarah, same as should have poor Mary
The Squire passed his hat a little further "My Asst Mary was my godmother, back on his hood and gazed at her reflectively, though" dad's Warsing niece.
And there's other of the faunfly us bruld do Ben had certainly told him in tab frat instance of Mary's wish that Boh should in- wi' » few oldments,” put in one of the nephews. hazit the watch Nevertheless the old man had subsequently changed his mind more than once with regard to the disposal of the resure in questiumbow had the matter been ually settled? The Squire's indecision wb, Squire, but I doubt that jön 'all be tòn mich for yo,” mid John Gilbertson, with a grin. however, momentary.
No man livin' be it to date wi waumenfolk when there's ands to pick from. They'll be all
catchin' each other's con out
It will never de to shilly stally at the extat," he said to himself, and taking up the watch while, by with other valuable on the centre table, ho handed it prey to Bob
Tarn out the cupboards," said the Squire, 'and not the things in piles on the settle, Margery. I'll divide them myself."
I think poor Mary 'ad ha' liked me to have the honded dolman, remarked Jane, with ** What does an old woman like you with a turnip watch he remarked to Mar virtuous six.She said once I was like hosel gary.Why the weight of it would break you one as "ud saw on a bead the very minute it in the if you were to wear it. You shall have dropped off, if twas in the middle of breakfast.
* Jaxo," said the Squire, be thankful for the kitchen clock, which will be much more uefal and much easier to tell the time by your fender and your freirons, for you'll get
*I was lookin' to have that clock," said Bartha nothing more. No, John, I shan't find it shit. Maam John's daughter," "My pour anales hard to settle this it matter, for Pvs gilt a Ben often said to me when I was admirin it, plan of my own which I think will work very will maybe comt your way, Martha, when I'm well both with regard to Ben's clothes and
Next-of-kin-next to skip to
Jon part reckonin' time
the Mary's
He mit the same to me, put in a Wareing nice sourly; and the clock were bought out of my sunt's savin's. "Twas her ohlaken-money
On the day following Ban's funeral, there Tore, he went sauntering down to the old WAT'S cottage, pipe in mouth, stout stick in band, retriever at heel, with as much and concern though he were beat on a more in spection of the plantations. Herm - waro - B- sembled the relatives of the old couple, who had been convened on the previous days after the Squire had, according to his custom, fol- lowed the remains of his old tenant to his last reeting place. It was quite a notable gather. Ing John Gibertson, Ben's younger brother, with two sons, and a married daughter; two other nephews whose parents had predeceased she scraped up for 1⁄2” Ben; there was even a first consin present, though the rest of the family agreed that it was shameful " having on Jma's part to ecure shifing after the hitla a poor old fellow sane be Ben would be Eks to leave, and they wondered she had the face to show herself when there was so thany others with a real claim. But Jane Norris, a prosperous looking, smooth-faced Woman, was whmoved by their intendons, and sat with her black gloved hands demurely folded. is her lap, the picture of composure,
Margery and Sarah Wareing were there--- Mary's sisters, The Wareinge were much t spected 1 in Thornleigh. The contral "O" Is their naine conferred a peculiar distinction there were Waringa galore in the village, and even at Upton, but they were not *** members of ohr family, as the proud possessors of the superfinous vowel were narofal to point out No less than three of Mary's nephews and * niece-thirteen
“It'e six on each side, if it's the nedrest o kin as iz counted, remarked Sarah Wareing, with a sour glance at Jane
Mr. Norrie cleared her throat, bat took no farther notice of the observation, des d
Bi on each side, ahoed old John Gübel sonWell there met be'n faw oddmexie groin out to Mary" folks, but they can't look for mich. Your Mary didn't bring nothin' to hər usland, I mind well way poor father were awful undone about that,"
*If your Ben had died first though, he'd inʼ loft everything to my mater, returned Barsh, with spirit. I've heard her day so? maziy ▷ time."
And if our Mary hadn't been such a sarin orestura her husband woukka's be had so mich put by, added her sister.
It was at this inseturs that the Squire rived, with boat and whistest open," and at the back of his head, for tw hot and though he had not undey hurried his progress through the plantations had in-
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He whaa hae figure of a man ŝtallox by a head than the tallest man present, and brosd In proportion; the merry trinkle of his blus eyes, the kindliness of the mile which lifted his white moustache, explained in soMG MORIRIŲ. the secret of his Infimenes over his own people, He was pleased to see them they were to nekim It was characterisão of the calen
neef
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But lo and behold! Ben's will game ultimately to light in a thoroughly ablooked for manner. the study which nobody ever used, and which was in fact a mere receptasis for ertain ancient family deads.
years after the settlement of Bon Gilbertson's It chattoed that one winter's diy some three effects, someone was exhibiting them to a visitor, and was struck by the modern appearance of long blue envelope, which lay beasth a bunch of koys. On turning it over it we found to be nently endorsed Bea Gilbertson's Will."
#Dh, - what ?"ừ exclaimed the Squire, looking round from his armchair, where he bad bean hard morning's work at the resting after turning lathe. Found Ben Gilbertson's will ♪ You don't way so!"
bore it is. Oh, I see. It wasn't Mur- Y to have the
gery who
Don't tell me interrupted the Fgnire, Gls it to me, my dear Both the Gil- bertans and the Wareings are quite happy bad hatisfol now, and the malter has been finally disposed of. I won't have nuybody un- settled again.
The Squire had been folding ap the nu opened donament as he spoke, and now pro- ceeded to light his pipe with it, after which he thrust the daming sheet into the ambera.
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