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The Hunters(Ortcln*!.]Marcos Hunter was left an orphsx when be was seven years old. He haf ao brothers or sisters, no home, m money, no anything. An unde wh» was well to do took him to his boostagainst hb wife's wishes, and tb»bey's Ufa there was ooe; of Misery When be was seTsntsea the meh tBsd and the aunt turned the boy oof of the house He found a posJtkai as dark la a business boost. 1a tan ysaia hi aet up for hlmaatfHis rebtfrss whs Osztng this parted had ignored bha now began .to Aod pleasantly to hla when they met him aad In r i ted him te their heaeee. The aunt, who bad made Ufa a harden te Urn, reminded him of the pluaawt days that he had apeat under her veef end hew happy It had made her te be a asothar to Ida.Jast ae Mefk was. feat hi a baetaeas way a pfale cma on. Ha needed a HO* etetaare to tide him over aad appUid te tease of who ware able to help him. Be by teteg them that he weald Hi talk ower hie affaire with them with rtew te getting their edvlea. He pet do farther tbaa thte. far sate aad every one of them preaoaarad hteasetf taeocopetent to advtes the poor fellow off, as they Intended. He failed. Thea hie ret|itiw s gain.Wbea the commerctel etarm wap ever Mack went te work far a maa who was a boatnaaa gteloe. He took a great fancy to hb dark aad yea*■noted him rapidly, ttaally making kimsecond oaJy to blmaetf. then the an* pktyer dted childless sad left about aff there was of the boefneee te his protege.Maims died a multimillionaire. Jhat before hb death be mads a wtfl. la which be dlrsctsd that the boane ta which be bad passed hb tenaty Ws-be never married—ebookl be dosed by hb executor from tbs day of his death tlD one week after the funeral^ when ea auction should taka pines of every-thing it contained. No ana was te be admitted to tbs sate except hb rate tires.Since be left no dliwet heirs, most si the relatives were present st the rending of tbe will, each hoping for a substantial remembrance. xWben they beard thte singular provision and teamed that tbe testator bad left as legacy to any one of tbe nr they naturally Inferred that be bad concluded ts remember them by leering tbeir legacies in different articles of furniture. But what a singular way! Ten thousand dollars might be In a hollow cans, while but gl.nrs) halt;V 1***° placed In a rosewood dn*k. Yet tbe cane might be knocked dow n for a dollar, while tbe depk might bring *im. War there ever ench a way dev bed for distributing millions of money? Tbe win farther stated that tbe amount realised from tbe sale was to be expended by the executor for a meoament to tbs ds-lOlfd .When the day of tbe sale camsaround It was astonishing bow many relatives Renter had left behind him. There were Hunters Innumerable both by name and In reality. A protest Wes made to the executor that many of them were not related to tbe taste tor should not be admitted. But b*. argued that by the terras of tbe wdl the eale most take place tbaa andthere and there was no tbaa to examine credential*. .The crowd were kept waiting wtete articles were trst sold that could not possibly contain anything, sack as uncovered crockery. Oa tbeae there were only sock bide as would serve to get them out of tbe way. Bat when It re me to article* In which stacks of Mils could be placed tbe bid-became furious. As sogo as antide was knocked down tbe buyerta set st It. but was Informedlt;]t
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Lock Haven Express
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Sep 30, 1908
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