The Tiffin Tribune, 1868-11-19

of a sum of f 10,001) in tho hands of notary ; the scooud of a country scat of tho same value and some family jewels; the third an illustrated pray prayer - er prayer book. ' Tho will then procco lod as follows : 'I desiro that my property tni be divided into thrco lots ; the first to Iw forty thousand dollars ; tho second the chateau, the furniture and jewels; the third myi prayer book, wliiuh is still in tho sumo slats as when I took it with aio in tho cmieration in the Udgion of Terror. I pardon my nioce, Marie, fur tho borrow she ha caused me ; and ss a proof of my sincerity I mention her in try will. My bolovcd cousin, Madamo Moran Moranvillo, - villo, Moranvillo, will hiivo the Crst oheico, my brothcr in-lnw, ' Monsieur I'Ar!o I'Ar!o-mont, - mont, I'Ar!o-mont, tho second, 1 aud Mario the last.' All,' my sister-in-law was a !nsl !nsl-bio - bio !nsl-bio woman,' cried Monscur l'Arle l'Arle-Innnt. - Innnt. l'Arle-Innnt. ' ' Ys,' said Mad:tmo Moranvillo, tit tittering; - tering; tittering; M sho has given a proof of it; Mario will only have tho prayer book.' Tho notary, who seome J scarcely able to contain his indignation, in interrupted - terrupted interrupted tho tlttcrcr. 'Wli-it lot do you choose, madauio?' said ho. 'Tho forty thousand dollars,' , ' 'You arc determined on that?' 'Most undoubtedly.' Madamo' Moranvirio you nro rich and your cousin is poor very poor cannot you leavo this lot, and take' tho prayer book that this this tho Bccmcd for a moment at a loss fjr a expression tins strange will has put iu a balnncc with tho other lots j' Are you joking, Monsieur Dubois?' cried Madame Moranvillo ; 'or don't you scetthat my honored cousiu bus mado hor will with the express inten intention - tion intention that the prayer book should fall to Marie, who was to havo tlio last choice ?' . 'And what do you concludo from that?' 'I concludo that, she desirod her niece should uudurstuud ihut praver and repentance wero tho only si ceors sho ought to expect iu this li to. Ah, sbo was a saint, (hut dear woman I' 'Saiut, quotha I' cried the notary, indignantly; "may heaven dofond me from such saiuls 1 An unforgiving woman ! I am wrong ; I do her jus justice. - tice. justice. Her intention, . I nui sure, was to give you ml Monsieur D'Aild D'Aild-uiout - uiout D'Aild-uiout on opportunity of doing a good, a nob.lo uctiou, by dividing the prop property - erty property equally with her poor niece.' Monsieur D'Aiiemont may do as hg ploaso,I repeat that uiy choice, is made.' . .'And so is mine,' said D'Arlcment; 'I chooso the chateau and all it con contains,' - tains,' contains,' l'auso one tnomont, Monsieur IV IV-Aiieuiout,' - Aiieuiout,' IV-Aiieuiout,' cried the notary. 'Kvcn if it was tho intcution uf tho deccaerd to punish her uieee, ought you a mill million - ion million aire, to tnko advantage of hor unchristian conduct to leave one of your own family languishing in pov poverty - erty poverty ? Will you uot, ut least, give up o part of your lot, even a small part, to this poor widow I' 'Mauy thanks for your kind advico, my doar Dubois,' said D'Arleinout., snccringly ; 'tho chatoau is close to ouo of my estates, ami will suit mo admirably particularly as it is fur furnished.' - nished.' furnished.' As tor the family jewels, it is imposHiblo for me to thiuk Of part- iug with them.' i She took tho book, and pressing it to her lips, held it to lior. sou, who criod out with childish delight ut the sight of its richly gilt cover, 'Oh, mumtut,' lot uu have it !' 'Ye3, my boy, you shall havo it ; it will'b.' tho only legacy I can Icav- to you: But .never, never shall I part with. it. l inauK I'cavco slio has par pardoned - doned pardoned mot Sho hus said .it, aud I know that sho was trufh itself I . Tho notary turuod nwny his, head. 'Dou'tgo, Madamo LoKovro,' said ho, 'I must speak to 'you by aud by.' Attthut moment, tho liny, in plur- ing with tho buck, unclasped it, and cried out, 'Oh, mamma, look., ut the pretty pictures ! I5ut: why are ihcv all covered over with this nico thiu paper r ' It is to keep tnem from beitij: soil- ed.' 'But why put sis papers to every picture?' . 'His mother looked ; sho uttered a piercing cry, and loll fainting luto tho arms of Monsieur Dubois, who said to those present, 'Let her alono, it is nothing; alio will not die this time. Give mo that book child ; you may do mischief to it. ' 1 lio two rich legatees wont away, commenting uot very charitably on Mario's swoou. and tho evident inter est tho notary took in her. . " About a mouth afterwards they met Madamo LeFevro and her Sjii, both, wall drossed, ridios iu a pretty carriage drawn by tyo hoses. , This unexpected sight loi them louiukeen iiiry after her, and they found that alia bad purcbajed a liauuoino liou), and was living iu a quiet but very good- stylo. . xuundcMti'uek at this intclligeueo, tlioy wont , together to qucstiou tho notary. They fottud him at hu dusk.. ..... ,, , . , 'Do we interrupt you ?'. wad tho lady., ,. , , ., . ... t .;; I am not particularly busy ; only making out ua aocouut of back stock 1 bavojuat bought. for Madame. Lee vre.' ' " ' ' .-1 ., 'And for Heaven's sake where docs it come from ? . ( ' 'Why, don't you know ?' 'No; how should I?'. 'Did you not see what was iu the book when sue tainted f ND.' .,' ' - 'Well, thou, I must tell ymthat the prayer book eoDtained sixty eo eo-gravius, - gravius, eo-gravius, and that each was covered

.lust as you aro pleased at finding finding taints, you sic displeased perfection. at Why is a married man lilo.i.l. low candle f I'.ccuo he ndon goes out at night when ho t,u-ht not. An Irishman being nskrd to dcBne hard diiuk, said: "It is sitting nu a e.iko of ice iu wiutcr und sipping cold water." "Madame, a great many persons wero disturbed at tho concert, Jasf night, by tho crying of your baby." "Well, 1 do wonder that such people will go to concert ?" ,. ... Why should a man be careful al always - ways always to nolo where tho wind drops? Ilecuu.-e ho may ho called upon to raise it, ut any time. "You must b6 economical, my son. A pin a day is u gMat a ycirj you know." "Then, lather, I think I'll go tiH-jiini every day." "I never complained of my condi condition - tion condition bul cilice, ' said au old tu.io, "whun my feci wero bare nui I hid no shoes, lut I met 11 man without toot, and beennio contented." Tut KKi KPf. A nun said ale was excellent drink, though (aken in la 1 go quantitica it ulways uiadw him fat. "I have eeu it make you lean," sail n by. slander. A Minnesota) farmer . aay;r "We raised lour hundred bushel uf - p("a p("a-tues - tues p("a-tues lo tlio ttcie hi-re, winch would be a big thing, If wo tlidu't also raisu bug enough to eat "cm all up." 'A New Yorker visiting 'Charleston says if (ho mosquitoes xheru Wore 011 t t-ly - ly t-ly colored to the right, shade, tta.f ,io. iiiisVtivi.Viif, lio should take theui fox canaries, (hey uro so lurjju aud mu musical. - sical. musical. A teacher said , to a littlu girl at school: "If a naughty girl should hurl you, like n cood girl you would forgive her, wouldn't you?'' "Yo itiarin," kIio replied, "If I collide'! catch her." A gushing "Kirl of the period," commenting on Mormunisut, exulaitn cd : "How nhsiird--lour or fivewivivs for one man; when tho fact is, each woman in those times ought to have lour or . tiro husband. U would luKonhoiit that many to support her decently." ' A bright little hoy was nskcl by a limy it no Minnou hard, .at, aiqn.pl. lie replied that lie did not hurt bim self nt it. "Oh," said tho lady, "you must study hard, or yon will never bo 1'rcMilent of tlio iJu'ited Stttt.'s." "Ye mn'iiin," ho rcpliud, , "bii. I don't expect to bo;. 1 aiu a Demo Democrat." - crat." Democrat." A person in puhlio company, ac accusing - cusing accusing tho Irish nation with being tilts most unpolished in tho world, was mildly auswerod by nn Irish gen gentleman, - tleman, gentleman, "that it ought to bo other otherwise, - wise, otherwise, for tho Irish met with hard rubs onoiieh to Polish anv nation iiihui earth." ' ' Tr There is nn old story in rhyme, of a philosopher who, lying under au oak treo, calledl'rovideneo lo account for the seemingly inconsistency of puttiug nourns on big trees, while l.ho pumpkin grovels ou tho ground. Just then an acorn fell, hitting hiuj in his cyo ; a id ho retlceled that Ii.nl it been a pumpkin, it might havo orusli orusli-ed - ed orusli-ed his head ifi. So ho was hopefully converted. 1 ' j 1 1

It was mrny a long year ojro. and the scene of tuy etory in the offioo nf otio of tho most respaotabla notaries in I'sris, Monsicr Dubois, a mau of the old school, universally reepected for hie good sonso, probity and be be-nevolcnce. - nevolcnce. be-nevolcnce. There were present (be sides tho notary himself.) a lady of middle ago, richly dressed ; she could never have been handsome, but per perhaps, - haps, perhaps, bad or countenance bcon less nroud and dbidulnful'. sho would not appeared,' as sho did, positively ugly; uu iusiguifieant looking little man, and a woman shabbily ' dressed, who sat at soino distanco from tho others Holding the hand of a beautiful lit little - tle little bey. t '. : ' "Her death was rather sudden , said Madame Moranvillo, the richly clad ludy.'to tho little man iu black. "les, replied ho, cooly, "but no doubt hiie wus well prepared." "Have you any idea or the eon-. tents of tho will ?" "Not tho slightest : but we hall soon know. Dubois will open it di- roctly." ' '!...' "Tray, who is that shabby looking woman? What business can she have hero ?"j ' I :!,.'' r r "" "Ub. don t you know her? It is the runaway niece, Marie,' who made such a disgraceful match somo years ago with a lieutenant in tho army a man of low birth." , ' ' "I vrondor she bus tho assurance to come into our presence." "So do I : tho more so, bocause our deceased rclativo, good, pious wouiau as she was, must have looked upon her uisobudieuoo and ingratitudo with horror." ' . At that moment Mario approached tho speakers; she w:ih yetsourccly in middle ago, but sorrow bad been bo bo-forehand - forehand bo-forehand with time in robbing hor check of its bloom, and hor 'eyes of tbeir lustre. "I'ruy, what brings you hore?" said Madauio Moranvillo, haughtily. 'Madame,' replied tho poor widow, I oin not come to interfere with your Rights ; I kuow that I deserved noth nothing - ing nothing (Votn my aunt but her pardon, and that I hope to hear she has loft me;' 'What!' cried Madame Moranvillo, 'pardon to you, the disgrace of your family, who flod Xroaa the protection of your aunt the best of aunts with a low fellow." ' 'Madame, I acknowledge ray fault ; I have been ungrateful ud dianbedi- ent I know it; but my sufferings pave been so great that l hope Heav Heaven - en Heaven has pardouod me, for I have look. ed upon the loss of my husband, and tlie poverty and sorrow attendentnp attendentnp-ontt, - ontt, attendentnp-ontt, as a punishment from above." 'Aud you deserved ' 'Cease these reproaches, Madame,' said the notary in a stern tone ; 'your cousin's fault is not so grievous, as to call for them.' 'But why should she insult us with her prcseuce ( Sbe has a right to be here,' repli replied - ed replied the notary. "Sho oomeb at my de sire.' 1 He then proceedod to read the will, ia which, alter the usual preamble, the deceased divided hor. property into thrct parts. Tho first composed

Geo. Alfred Towniond, in a gos gossipy - sipy gossipy letter to tlio Cleveland Lrn,b-rt gives the following Indian story: At Syracuse. N. Y., there is a cler clergyman - gyman clergyman of tho Unitarian, faith charit charitable - able charitable enough , to collect tho money wherewith a Methodist gospel is preached to tho Indians. This sort of tolerance, frequent iu tho world, hut iirrarulously uncommon in tho church, has enabled the Onondaga Indians, who live on a . reservation ucar Syracuse, to hear Methodist proaohitig by a wtiito man, interpret interpreted - ed interpreted by nn Indian, and so their tribe is not all paganised. " ' ' Nevertheless, yon can no more ohango all the heathen habits of au Indian than you can tho heathen prejudices of a rebel. The elders of tho Onondaga church will got drunk, will marry ol'ten.willnot divoreo their squaws, insist upon living after the manner of Abraham, and rcl'uso to pat fences arouud their lands. Iu great discouragement tho Unitarian patrou of tho tiilio proposed that tho young Indiuus of "likely"- age be bound out in white families, no that they might grow up iu civilized houso-holds aud forget lo bo vaga vagabonds. - bonds. vagabonds. This proposition was accept accepted - ed accepted by tho Iudiau parents with roluj roluj-tnnvc, - tnnvc, roluj-tnnvc, but a few youug men " procured iu this way.uoU one of these weut to work upon tho farm of a yeo man near Syracuse. Tho yeoman had a daughter, a tender young girl, who had not beon courted by tho young gentlemen, and seeing this lino, straight, hazel-eyed stranger familiarly iu tho family, tho first panic begau iu her heart. , It is a long ways to go in tho uar- rativo but sho became tho mother of a young bravo and great was the outcry. Tho farmer said he was "a to! a bul fair civilizer," but ho didn't want his own family to meet tho lieuthons so nigh half way. ' Ho and his wife told tho young Indian apprentice to pauk oil' to Onouduga and tnko to set ting traps for mubkrats, or ho might bo scalped by all tho big brothers of tho uuighborhood. ' 1 The ludian, unconscious that ho had douo anything wrong, proposed to make Christian restitutio!! on tho spot, aud delegatod his chief to say tiiut ho stood ready to marry the far farmer's - mer's farmer's daughter. This proposition was iudignnntly rebuffed. ' , ."But,'' said the woudering Indians "What do with baby? Will mother want keep baby . I bo pa-rents hastened to say that the youug . bravo bhouldn't stay urouud tho houso. . Tho parents of tho young Indian father, ovoijoyed, askod: ' "Ohl may wo kocp babyf "Yes, and welcome!" "Oh! thank yon! ludian vory glad 'of baby I Iudiau very proud of baby! iodiau no Christian to hate poor ba by ! Oh ! thank you !" And back to the tribe iu Ononda ga Hollow wont tho littlu half breed, whether to paganism or Christianity let that trihmi'il decide whose found er hath said: "Of ouo bloodliod made alt tho people of the earth !"