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Show oiDiiMrfisnr ENACTED IN HEAL LIFE Will Found by Penniless Girl in , Bible Bought for a Memento. PARIS. Doc. 23.-The nM.fashloned story of a Hilntfta; mi blng found at the opportune moment In a family Bible was Jut worked out with mod. -rn dramatic settings here in the casa "i Mil- B rtha - luvannc. a penniless youncr girl who thu dlecovered that fhe was an heiress to 100.000. Mile. Bertha Chavanne lived for some rears with her great aunt. Bfoie! Ber-thon. Ber-thon. a wealthy old lady, who dle.l intestate in-testate at the age of 86 a few weskl aajo Mme Berthon had no direct helra and her property was to he divided up ainonp a numbe,- bf distant cousin Accordingly a sal, of all hei personal elTcctS was arranged for at the nubile Be lesroomis. Tries to Buy Memento. Mile Chavanne, Mho had been de-voted de-voted to Mme Berthon attended the sal. In order to buy sv.niethlnn t,.. keep as a memento of the old lady. But Mil. . Chavanne was very poor, and although al-though she bid for various articles of furniture and treasured curloa of her grat aunt's, she was In tears and almost al-most hearbrokon to discover that some one always went a little higher and put the articles beyond her reach. Bids in Old Book. At lat an old book was put up. It as a devotional volume, from which Mile. Chavanne had constantly read to Mme. Berthon Just before her death The girl determined to have it at any price. Nobody else showed any desire to possess the dilapidated-looking volume, vol-ume, so it was knocked down to her for a few shillings. Legal Paper Drops Out. The auctioneer handed dow n the book and It was passed along the crowd to Mile chavanne. As she took It In her hands a folded sheet of paper dropped out. She opened it and found it to be a legal-looking, stamped document. She was puzzled by the quaint phraseology of the document and showed It to her relative?. ! Her Sole Beneficiary. They took It to an attorney, who pronounced pro-nounced It to be the last will and testament testa-ment of Mme. Berthon, duly signed and attested, and bequeathing h..-r entire property to her beloved niece. .Mile. Chavanne. |