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Cap’n Warren’s Wards

CHAPTER II
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Go on." "'To my brother, Elisha Warren, if he survive me, _in trust_, nevertheless, for the following purpose, to wit:-- "'To invest the same and to use the income thereof for the education and maintenance of my two children, Caroline Edgecombe Warren--'" "Edgecombe?
Named for some of his wife's folks, I presume likely.

Excuse me for puttin' my oar in again.

Go on." "'And Stephen Cole Warren--'" "_That's_ his wife, sartin.

She was a Cole.

I swan, I beg your pardon." "'Until the elder, Caroline Edgecombe Warren, shall have reached her twenty-first birthday, when one-half of the principal of said estate, together with one-half of the accumulated interest, shall be given to her, and the trust continued for the education and maintenance of my son, Stephen Cole Warren, until he shall have reached his twenty-first birthday, when I direct that the remainder be given to him.
"'Third:--I appoint as testamentary guardian of my said children my said brother, Elisha Warren.
"'Fourth:--I appoint as sole executor of this, my last will and testament, my said brother, Elisha Warren.
"'Fifth:--Imposing implicit trust and confidence in Elisha Warren, my brother, I direct that he be not required to give bond for the performance of any of the affairs or trusts to which he has been herein appointed.' "The remainder," concluded Graves, refolding the will, "is purely formal.


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