Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — “A Stone to His Memory." [ARTICLE]

“A Stone to His Memory."

That there Is bound to be ambiguity la the terms of a will is almost as well known among lawyers of this city as is the way to the Hall of Records in Chambers street, where the wills are probated. But the queer kinks which some Individuals with more guile than conscience put into the aforesaid testaments furnish frosh entertainment every day for the profession. Recently it was the executor of a small estate who entered the office of a lawyer to get an opinion. His friend had died without close kin, he said, and had made him executor. In the terms of the will there had been provision made for a monument to be erected for the dead man at a coat not to exceed SSOO. "That's what I wanted to see you about,** confided the client "You wee, the will provided for a ‘stone to his memory.* I’ve already gotten the stone and 1 want to see if you think the whole thing's legal." And turning his right hand over upon the table the executor flashed before the eyes of the lawyer the stone in question—■a beautiful SSOO bluewhite diamond.—New York Herald.