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Show A Strange Will, A law caso with strangely dramntlc adjuncts was lately beforo the superior su-perior court of St. Petersburg. Tho odd circumstances leading to tho legal proceedings woro as follows; Ono of tho wcalthlost land owners near Smolensk died not long ago, nnd after the funeral tho heirs looked vainly for tho will, but without success. suc-cess. X few days later, n young man, seo-Ing seo-Ing n gr'uphophono on n table In the doad man's library, put Into It n record which ho supposed wns that of n popular popu-lar Itusalan song. To his amazement nnd terror, instead of a song ho heard the volco of tho dead mun reclto the words of tho mlBsIng will. Tho helra wero notified of tho discovery, dis-covery, lawyers woro summoned, nnd they lost no tlmo in examining tho record containing the will. It was found to bo flawless, nnd the quostlon then nroso whether a will left on a grnphophone cylinder would be deemed valid by tho courts. It Is, thoreforo, on this unique point that tho superior court must render Its decision. Sunday Magazine. |