A RHYMESTER'S WILL.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 100, 30 August 1879, Page 3

A RHYMESTER'S WILL.

The will of the late Mr. W. Stitt Jenkins has been proved before the registrar of the Victorian Supreme Court, The will is written in rhyme, and the value of the property was sworn at £. - o;(;. The following is a copy of the will : All things I leave when (putting life 1 do bequeath unto my wife, Money or goods, where'er they be, To have and hold by only she, But always subject to control (In getting portion or the whole. As he may deem she should expend) Of Charles lbbotson, my friend, Who will my debts all justly pay, And for my wife on rainy day, 'llie rest thoy spend as they deem good. And be it also understood Tuey take me humbly to the sod. And leave me to myself and God ; Nor vainly lavish o'er the dead The means, perchance, they want [for

bread. All I require that flowers may wave Their pei-fumed blossoms o'er my grave, And flint the people Far and near Mav think upon me with a tear : Anil that the dear ones left behind A better, truer friend may find; Nor vainly seek him here below, But in the place whereto I go, Ami there await their coming o'er To dwell witli me fur evermore. Hut shonlii my wife me go before. Then to my dearest children four My friend .-.hall give an equal share Of all I have unto their care, lu member me, the words fulfil Of this my last ami only will. \V. Sun Jenkins,

'■ As witness my hand this l+lli day of Mm el), a.ii. l«7(i". Signed and acknowledged by tho said William Stitt Jenkins, tho testator, its his last will ami testament, in tho presence of ns being present at the same time, who at his request in his presenec, anil in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our us witnesses.—Wm. HitcHins. H. E. Davison."