There ain't no harm in havin' fun, an' it does cost a
lot of money. I can understand it all now, an' as I'm a great believer in
settin' wrong right whenever you can, I want Jack put right in my will
right off. I want--" and then were unfolded the glorious possibilities of
the future for her youngest, petted nephew. He was not only to be
reinstated in the will, but he was to reign supreme. The other four
children were to be rich--very rich,--but Jack was to be _the_ heir.
Mr. Stebbins was well pleased. He was very fond of Jack and had always
been particularly patient with him on that account. He felt that this was
a personal reward of merit, for it cannot be denied that Jack had
certainly cashed very large checks on the bank of his forbearance.
When all was finished, and Joshua and Lucinda had been called in and had
duly affixed their signatures to the important document, the buggy was
brought to the door again and Mr. Stebbins stepped in and allowed himself
to be replaced where they had taken him from.
Joshua returned alone.
"There, what did I tell you!" said Lucinda, who was waiting for him behind
the wood-house,--"she did want to change her will."
"Well, she changed it, didn't she?" said Joshua.
"I guess she wants to give him all she's got, since that week in New
York," said Lucinda.
"Then she'll give him all she's got," said Joshua.
Lucinda's eyes grew big.
"An' she'll give it to you, too, if you don't look out and stay where you
can hear her bell if she rings it," Joshua added, with his usual
frankness, and then he whipped up Billy and drove on to the barn.
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