Revenge After Death

The wife of a wealthy but caxefu American gentleman objected to aak for the housekeeping money as it was required, in small sums, on the ground that it was a waste of time and derogatory to her. She demanded a banking account, and finally, by heT persistence, obtained one. Bnt her husband had his revenge. At his death he left her all he possessed on this condition: The amount, over a million dollars, was to be handed to her, personally, at his lawyer's office, at the rate of $100 an hour dnring twelve hours of each day. Thns ■was she, in the event of f ailure trf set the condition aside, condemned to spend over 10,000 honrs at or near the abode of the man of law, or nearly two years and a quarter, reckoning twelve hours to the