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204 WILLY BUKKE; OR,<br />
CHAPTER XII.<br />
WILLY BURKE'S LEGACY.<br />
HEN Mr. Weimar's will was at length opened,<br />
it was found that he had bequeathed<br />
to <strong>Willy</strong> <strong>Burke</strong> no less a sum than five<br />
thousand dollars ; to each of the young<br />
Talbots two thousand ; and the rema<strong>in</strong>-<br />
der, as he had said, to be given <strong>in</strong> trust<br />
to the Roman Catholic Bishop of New<br />
Y<strong>or</strong>k, to be appropriated, at his discretion, to Catholic<br />
charities. <strong>Willy</strong> <strong>Burke</strong> could, at first, scarcely believe it<br />
possible that so large a sum was to be his own ; but when<br />
he could no longer doubt the fact, he exclaimed <strong>in</strong> a joyous<br />
tone-— " Well, sure enough, the L<strong>or</strong>d has w<strong>or</strong>ked a miracle<br />
f<strong>or</strong> me, and I th<strong>in</strong>k I know what f<strong>or</strong> ; with his Div<strong>in</strong>e<br />
assistance I '11 do my best to carry it <strong>in</strong>to execution. Oh !<br />
may the L<strong>or</strong>d be good and merciful to your soul, Mr.<br />
Weimar ! Sure I can never, never f<strong>or</strong>get what you have<br />
done f<strong>or</strong> me 1"<br />
" Why, <strong>Willy</strong> !" said Mr. Talbot, reproachfully, " you<br />
seem to be exceed<strong>in</strong>gly rejoiced that the legacy is so large,<br />
and yet I thought I heard you assure my po<strong>or</strong>, departed<br />
friend that you set little <strong>or</strong> no value on money".<br />
" N<strong>or</strong> neither do I, sir", replied <strong>Willy</strong>, <strong>in</strong> an animated<br />
" when I told Mr. Weimar so, I told him the truth,<br />
tone :<br />
God knows I did ;<br />
but then, Mr.'fCalbot, just th<strong>in</strong>k, sir,<br />
of all that I can do with this money. If you '11 just<br />
please to listen f<strong>or</strong> a few m<strong>in</strong>utes, I '11 tell you what<br />
makes me so glad to have it".