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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-06-06, Page 21 I r•. • g .• 4 • • 1 TrPILEN GREY'S LEGACY. A man who makes a will generally knows pretty well the person to whom he leaves a legacy, but it does not fol- low that other people are to have the same enlightenment as to the identity of the legatee. I make the remark in reference to a common story connected with the will of honest Andrew Gebbie, who officiated once as a ruling elder in the Church of• Trinity College, Edin- burgh, and was supposed to have done so much good to the people by his pr ers, exhortations and psalm -sing that it was utterly unnecessary for getting to heaven_ where he had sent many others, that he should bequeat single plack or bawbee to the poor w he died. Yet whether it was that good man Andrew determined to m sure work of hid salvation, or that had any less ambition's object in vi certain it is he made a will by his o hand, and without the help of airman the law, in spite of the Scotch adage Who saves a fee and -writes his will Is friendly to the lawyers still; For these take all the will contains, And give the heir all that remains." And by this said will holiest Andr bequeathed the sum of -three hund pounds sterling money to "*Mistr Helen G-rey, residing in that street of old town called Leith Wynd," with any further identification or particul ization whatsoever, nor did hp say single word about the cause of maki this somewhat generous bequest, or an thing about the merits or services of t legatee. A strange circumstance; s ing that the individual being a" Ne Grey" had long been a favorite of t • poets, (and, therefore, rather indefinit as she indeed figs in more than very popular song, wherein she is .ev called bonny Nelly Grey. Then, to keep all the matters in har-4 mony, he appointed three clergymen— the minister of his own church, the minister of the Tolbooth, and. the min- ister of the Tron—as his executors for carrying his said will into execution, probably thinking Nelly Grey's three hundred, and her soul to boot, could not be in better hands than those of such godly men. So, after living three weeks, longer in a very bad. world, the worthy testator was gathered to his fathers,ancli it might perhaps tiave been as well that his said will had been gathered along with hian—as indeed happenedfin -a re-) cent case, where a sensible man, prob-I ably in fear of the lawyers, got his will placed in the sante coffin with him,— I though no doubt he forgot that worms, if not moths, do corrupt there also, an4! sometimes thieves, in the shape of body snatchers, do break through and steal. Passing all which we proceed to say that the executors entered upon their duties. As regards the other legatees they found no difficulty whatever, most probably because legatees are a kind of persons who are seldom out of the way when they are wanted. They accord- ingly made their appearance, and with- i out a smile, which would have been unbecoming, got payment of their leg- acies. But as for this Helen Grey, with so large a sum standing to her credit, she made no token of any kind, nor did any of the relations know . aught concerning her, though they won- dered exceedingly who she could be, and how she came to be in so strange a place as their kinsman's testament. Not that the three executors, the min- isters, shared very deeply in this won- -f dering, because they knew that their elder, honest Andrew, was a good and gbdly man, and had had good and godly ' reasons, (probably in the poverty and piety of Helens) for doing what he had done. If indeed'these gentlemen wondered at all. it'was simply that any poor per- son living In such a place as Leith Wynd should be so regardless of money, ' as to fail to make her appearance , c among the grave and happy legatees. t The question, who can she be, passed , a from the one to the other like a bad shilling. Not one of them could . Father Tron, and Father:Tolbooth, and Father Trinity, were at fault • the noses w of their ingenuity could not smell out I the object of their wish. But then they a had been trusting so far as yet to the relatives, and had not made personal inquiry in Leith Wynd, which, if they It had. been men of business, they would have done at once. it IA a !t h ay- ing, his so ha hen the aka he eve wn o.i• py land," continued the reverend doc- tor, reading. "N6 The Happy Land' near bye?" • ejaculated Helen. • • " Not likely," continued the:doctor with a smile. "But I have good news ew for you, Helen."., red "Good news for me !" said the wo- ,.`r man. " That must come frae airth '!'"e no within the four quarters o' the °ut 'earthly 'cbmpesS. I thought a' gude ar- inews for me had ta'en awa to the young a and the happy." ng .‘ It seems not," said he ; for Elder Andrew has left you a flesacy of three he hundred Pounds," ee- " Stop, stop, , sir !" ejaculated the frightened legatee. "It canna be, and though it was sae, I couldna, bear the grandeur. It would put out the sma' cloe spark o' , life that's • left in my auld first ; and noW, sir, I'M as proud as if I had got a fortune." " And so perhaps you have," added •the father. "But come, sit down. I've got something to say, and having seated. himself he continued. " Was Moister Andrew Gebbie, our worthy elder, in the habit of !visiting you ?" Indeed, and,he did aiuce or twice come and see me ; but never mair," re- plied she. "Yet he was sae kind.as to bring me the last time this book o' psalms and paraphrases, and there's some writing iu't which I couldna read." " Let me see it," he said. And the woman handed him the book— " To Mrs. Janet Grey," said. the mi ister, as he read the inscription. "A mistake, for my name is Helen said she. "But it was weel meant Mr. Gebbie, and it's a' the same." "A staff to help her on to the ha THE HURON other Nally, who he was satisfied was the real Nelly Pure, "that Mr. Andrew Gebbie left that sum of 'money to a eel.: tarn Helen Grey, but we have no evi- dence to show that you are the right woman." " The right woman'!" ejaculated she, with a bold laugh; " and how couldI be the wrong ane, when I cut Andrew Gebbie's corns for ten rears ?" " Oh, a chiropodist 1" said. Father . Troll. " I'm nae corn doctor, sir," replsed FOR TEN ' DAYS ONLY. she, with something like offended priLe ; " I never cut another man's corns in my life." • " We are nearly getting into that lightness of speech which 'betokens n- • vanity," said another of the brethren. 1 "It is a serious matter ; and we must ," require of you, Mrs. Grey—seeing that in the marriage cannot, even by your own, statement, be taken into account, for p- want of evidence—to prove' that you were on such good terms ef friendship with Mr. Gebbie as to make it probable that he would leave you this large sum of money." " Friendship !" cried the won, an again. " Ay, for ten years, and w ha can tell when theiflee may stang ? It was nae mair than he should havedune. I am Helen Grey, and I insist upon my rights." " But," said Father Trinity, "There is another Helen Grey in Leith Wynd, with whom Mr. Gebbie was acquainted, and to whom he made a present of a psalm book." " Ind did. he no gie me a psalm book too !" quoth the woman. " I have it at hame, and you are welcome to see my name on't Written in the elder's ain ha,nd. But did this second Helen Grey cut the good elder's corns for ten lang years, I wonder? Tell me that, gentle- men, and 1 will tell you something mair that will make your ears ring as •thoy never did at a psalm." " Still this irreverent nonsense about corns ; woman, are you mad?" sasd Tron. " Give us the names of respect - b13 people who knew of this asserted friendship between you and the deceas- ed elder." " The deil o' ane kent o't but our- selves !" was the sharp -answer of ti e woman. - " And if it comes to that, I can prove naething : but I tell you there's mair in the corns than ye wot." " Oh! she wants to prove the lova' g , •. she was on with Mr. Gebbie," punned. We find ourselves overstocked Mr. Crawford with a laugh, and tie grave brethren could not help joining in some lines, and have determin- what Tron called a fine example of the figure called paronomosia. ed upon Clearing them out. 't That's just it," said the woman. " I will prove that I know the length of h s ., big toe and may be mair," " And what more ?" asked Father Troia. • "That Mr. Gebbie had six toes on his left foot !" answered she. • " And what of that?" inquired the agent, as he pricked up his ears at what might turn out a more special means of knowledge than they were dreaming of. "A great deal," continued the wo- man. " Sae muckle that I need nee mair, for be it kenned to ye that Mr. Gebbie was aye ashamed o' what he thought to be a deformity, and conceal- ed it from a' living mortals except me. If ye'll prove that there's anither per- son in ar Edinburgh, in Scotland, or in the hail world, wha kens that Elder An- drew had six toes on his left foot, I'll giie up a' right to the three hundred pounds !"- o • (7'o be Continued.) EXPOSITOR. HATS. HATSI HATS. en heart." • no !" said he. " It's only an earthly inheritance, Helen, to keep you in ease and comfort iu your declining years, till you succeed to that inheri- tance which knoweth no decay, and fadeth not away." " But is it really possible, good sir ?" she continued, a little reconciled to that whereunto there is a pretty natural pre- disposition in human •nature.. " But I havena blessed Elder Andrew yet. May the Lord receive Andrew Gebbie's soul into endless glory." " Amen !" said, the reverend doctor. " I will speak of this again to you, Helen." And witji these words he left the still confused woman who would- very likely still feel a difficulty in comprehending the length and breadth of the goodness of a man who had seen her only a few times' and given her a psalm book, and called. her Janet instead of Helen—a mistake be must have rectified before he made his will. Next day the reverend doctor of Trin- ity had another meeting in the office of the law -agent to the trust, Mr. George Crawford, whereat he recounted how he had found out the legatee ; how strange t was that the poor woman was entirely igu.orant of her good fortune • how grateful she was ; and, above all, how strange that the saintly elder had only seen her a few times, and knew so little of her that he had made the aforesaid. mistake in her name. All which did seem strange to the brethren, not any of- whom would even have thought of giving more than perhaps a pound to such a person. But as the motives of men are hidden from the eyes of their ellows, and are indeed like the skins of onions, placed one above another, s they considered that all they had to do was to walk .by the will. We have no alternative," said Path- , er Tron ; nor should we wish any, see- ing that the money could not be better applied ; for has not the son of Sirach said, Give unto a godly man, and not I unto a sinner.' " "And," added Tolbooth," we are als onamanded to give of Our substance t he poor, and do well unto those tha re lowly.' " " Yes," said Father Trinity. " Mr. Gebbie's object was clear enough ; it was sufficient for him that the woman SMITH ,& WEST PROPOSE TO OFFER AT SPECIAL PRICES Their Immense Stock of Gents' and Boys' Hats, Caps, &c. • in • Gaieties. • —A guide professed to exhibit Ba- laam's sword; upon which a gentle- man observed that Balaam had only wished for a sword ; to which it was answered, "Precisely so, and this is the sword for which he wished." ° member of a church being par- ° ticular about the new minister is said t to have prayed. aloud at the late meet- ing of the kirk elders, "Send us not. an old man in his dotage, nor a young man in his goslinhood, but a man with all the modern improvements." "Do you believe in second love, Mr. M'Quid ?" "Do I belave in second love? Humph !' If a man buys a pound of sugar, isn't it swabs? and when it's done don't he want another pound, and isn't that swate too ? Troth, Murphy, I do belave in second love." —An English writer advises young women to look favorably upon those engaged in horticultural pursuits, as- signing as one reason that their "Mother Eve had married a gardener." He forgot to add that in consequence of the match the gardener lost his situ- ation. —"My freens," said old Daddy Flock- hart, tie well known and eccentric street preacher,in Edinburgh one night, while relating the circumstances of his conversion to his sparse congregation, "My heart was as black as a sweep's face, but noo it's whiter than a washer - wife's thoom." as poor ; therein lay the reward ; and presume we have nothing to do but to uthorize Mr. Crawford to pay the money." " Which I will do, gentlemen," said he writer, " if you authorize me ; but I rankly confess to you that I amniot al- ogether satisfied, because 1 knew Mr. ndrew Gebbie intimately, and, godly s he was, I can hardly think he was he man to make a comparative strang- t the medium of the accumulation of ompound interest to be got back in eaven. Besides, Helen Grey is so ommon a name, that I believe I could get several in Edinburgh : and if we were to pay to the wrong woman, you might be bound to refund out of your own stipends, which would not be a very pleasant thing." A speech which, touching the word stipend, brought a very grave look into the faces of the brethren. "A most serious, yea, a momentous consideration," said Tron, followed by the two others. Nor had the groan got time to die away when the door opened, and there stood before them a woman of some- where about forty, a little shabby in her apparel, though with a decayed flush of gaudy color in it here and there ; some - .what blowsy too—the tendency to the tint of the peony being more evident about the region of the nose, where there was a spot or two very clearly pre- disposed. to the sending forth, under fa- vorable circumstances, of a pimple ; rather bold -looking in addition, even in the presence of holy men who wielded the Calvanistic thunders of the day,and followed them up with the refreshing showers of grace and love. " I understand," said she, " that Elder Andrew Gebbie has left me a legacy o' three hundred pounds, and I will thank you for the siller." On hearing which the three fathers looked at each other in amazement, and, it was clear they did not like the ap- pearance of the'new claimant. " Who are you ?" said Trinity. " Helen Grey !" replied she. "I live in Leith Wynd. Mi. Andrew Gebbie and me were man and wife." " Where are your marriage lin is ?" asked Tron. " I hae na.n.e," replied she. "It was a marriage by giving and taking between ourselves a gude marriage by the law." " And no witnesses?" said Tron. " The diel o' ane but the Lord." " Wh-e-w!" whistled Father Tron, not audibly, only as it were within the Mouth. " It is very true," said Father Trinity as he looked askance at the claimant, and contrasted her in his mind with the " Oh," said Father Trinity at length, "1 think I have it now when I recollect there was an honest woman of that name who was a member of my con- gregation some years ago, and, if I am not mistaken, she was in honest An- drew Gebbie's visiting district, and he took an interest in her soul." " The thing is patent," rejoined Fath- er Tron. Our lamented elder has done this good thing out of the holy charity that cometh of piety." " And a most beautiful example of the _fruits of godliness," added Father Tol- booth. " Beautiful indeed!" said Trinity " For we have here to keep in view that Elder Andrew had many poor friends, but he has chosen to prefer the • relationship of the spirit to that of mere earthly connection. And his reward will verily be reaped in heaven." " We must verily give the goodman paragraph in the Mercury," resumed Father Tolbooth. " And now, brother of Trinity, it will be for you to find Helen Grey out, and carry to her the glad tidings." A pleasant commission," rejoined. Father Trinity, as he rose to depart. And taking his way to Leith Wynd, ho soon reached that celebrated street, nor was it long till he passed " The Happy Land," that dreaded den of burglars, thieves and profligate women, which the Scotch, according to their peculiar humor had so named. ' That large building he behoved to pass with a sigh as the great forlorn hope of the city, and coming to some of the brokers whose shops were farther down, he pro- cured some inforffiation which sent him up a dark close, to the end of which, having got, he ascended to a garret lin a back tenement, and knocking at the door, was answered' by an aged wo- Man. "Does Helen Grey live here ?" " Ay, sir 1" replied she. , "If ye ca' living the breathing a wa o' life. It's a sad thing when auld age and poverty come thegither." " An old. saying, Helen,"- replied. the father. " Yet there is a third one which sanctifieth the other two, and bringeth all into harmony, peace and love, and that is religion. But do you not know your old minister ?" Brawly, brawly, sir," replied she ; " but the truth is, I didna like to speak —Two young men went fishing the other day, and on returning were going past a farm house and felt hungry. They yelled to the farmer's daughters —"Girls, have you any buttermilk ?" The reply was gently wafted back to their ears—"Yes, but we keep it for our own calves." —A little boy, hearing some one re- mark that nothing Was quicker than thought, said, "I know something that is quicker than thought." "What is it, Johnny ?" asked his pa. "Whistling," said Johnny. "When I was in school yesterday I whistled before I thought, and got licked for it too." • Deceptive Distances on the Plains. A story is told of two Englishmen who started from Denver, Col., for a walk to the mountains before breakfast, an apparently easy task, as the moun- tains did not appear more than a mile or two away. After walking for an hour without seeming to have made any progress toward the desired goal, one of them became discouraged and conclud- ed to return for his breakfast ; after- ward he took a carriage and went in search of his friend, whom he found on the bank of a small ditch, engaged in removing his boots. His friend inquir- ed what he intended to do ? He re- plied, to wade the ditch. His friend said there -was no necessity for that, as it was less than three feet across, and he could easily jump it. " You can't tell anything about it in this country," responded the other : it may be three hundred feet across for aught I know" His morning walk proved to extend about fifteen miles before he reached the foot -hills. • • Also Ladies' Sunshades. Children's and Misses' Sailor Hats, in all the .Nev, Colors. .Don't Fail to secure yourself a Hat when, you can get it at Half Price. Our Boot and Shoe Department CoMplete. Just to hand, a Lot of Yaakee Ties for Ladies and Children. Also Prunella Work of .E'very Des- • cription. A Careful Examination of our Stock and Prices will be sure to convince the buyer that t pays -to purchase when we sell for Cash only. "QCTPSIT. Ontario Howe, &gora. TIGHT BINDING DUNCAN .8e. DUNCAN, ,SEAFORTH. NOW IS THE TIME. 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By using firsts terial and having all the work coming our own hands, we can guarantee a good Particular attention given to repairing, shoeing and general jobbing. Mr. B • ing had over thirteen years experience in ing mill picks, we will make that a s Agents for Watson'seelebrated Agric plements. REID & BARTON, Willianason's old stand, Goderich S forth. BUGGIES :AND WACGOIIkki= TIIOSE sleighs are sold -and we have -I- hand a good supply of buggiesand wh fel, we Atter ourselves are bard to beat in style, material, workmanship, 'finish* Call and see them and eatisfy yourselves, buggies taken in exeharig, and second for sale. llorseetteting and general jo tended to premptlyandsatisfationgu no pay demanded, Come and get rigs own prices as we are bound to do A 598 • JOHN WILLIAMS, COURT OF REVISI MUNICIPALITY OF MCI( Timlicellrop°,1willRevibsie°111elfd" atthLeZlni' on Saturday, the 2Eth of June, at 10 o'clock A. M. All parties intereets please take notice and govern th.emselvee , dingly. JOHN O'SULLIVAN, Clerk. rz: DRESS AND MANTLE MA MISS SLEETII -tv-isnEs to announce to the Ladiereef " forth and vichaity that she haste Drers and Mantle Making in &llThei styles. Having bad ten years ex feelssatisfied she will give general A eall respectfully itolicited, Rooms of Mr. G-. G. Sparlinosstre. Entrance the store or from St. John street. 0 fitting& specialty. R N. BRETT,. SELORTII, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in SHOE FINDINGS of Every None hut the Very Best Stock moderate. A.Trial Solicited. Ali or otherwise promptly fin B. at • oft. atenan owning mal oyz-, lionest *an it.alw: • itn as a .itred eone_ kith.; hen ythhigs, a sa by the S Bath bald -h the oorner streets, tho :Italian -wit' te,naries, w plaged.over 41Lades' the ocoasio t boxes a plat tell you of said planets 143m3 bald - ever niekc flattered (iv drew out an ma that In sad matry 4 Wealth 1/13.d ly loved lair Here a ever his tot lady in sine ached hi e ferule -c Ilith and tit,: 44 Why ha a -web ? 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