Her Faithful Knight — page 246: what you’re looking at

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242 Dorothy’s Crime. monstrous injustice of the law, as it appeared to her, and her old indomitable spirit urged her to be equal to the oc- casion. . Only one alternative presented itself before her fevered brain. Dorothy was supposed to have died intestate, but she, Dorothy, to whom the money was left, was alive, and could assign it to whom she pleased. She knew how to make a will, or at least she knew where to put her hand on a book of the “Universal In- quirer” order, which would furnish her with the necessary information. With nervous haste she sought the book in question, and hurriedly turned the pages until she found the desired in- formation. ‘Then, sitting down before her desk, she pro- ceeded to write with a shaking hand on a sheet of ruled foolscap : “This is the last will and testament of Mrs. Dorothea Derrick, formerly Miss Dorothea Knight, of No. four Lockhart Cottages, Severn road, Hammersmith, London. I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my sister, Phyllis Knight, her heirs, executors and administrators, for her and their own use and benefit absolutely and forever, all my estate and effects both real and personal, whatsoever and wheresoever, and of what nature and quality soever ; and I hereby appoint her, the said Phyllis Knight, sole -executrix of this my will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this <4 Dorothy stopped. It was now Wednesday, the twenty- seventh day of February. Phyllis had died on Saturday, the twenty-third, and her death had been registered in her sister’s name two days later. Clearly the date must be falsified, and seizing her pen again, Dorothy boldly ante- dated her will by one whole month. “T have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.” Commicoooks (E©)