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Show " 'What' 11 1 Do With It?" 1 He Wonders When Told m He' Is Heir to Millions ' o MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM SHIPLEY N. E. A. Staff Correspondent JIAGERSTOWN-. MJ., May 1. " 'Hilly, what In hell'll T do with all that money?" AVIllIam Shipley, wrinkled, whlte-halrod lock-lender on the C. and O. canal greeted the announcement that-ho had fallen heir to a huge fortune. The Shlpcys, William and LYrella, his wife, have lived all their lives along the hanks of the Potomac, In a ramshackle ram-shackle four-room house , faclnb tho canal locks. They have been happy with nothing more exciting than prayer meeting at the Methodist church a'"coupla mllo daoun the road." and an occasional visit to Hagcrstown. Tho Forgotten Unoje. Their six children will come In for, some of this estate which was left them by a forgotten uncle In California, Califor-nia, but even Jack, who 'tends stock for farmers around tho neighborhood and who declares he will find plenty of places for the money was lamenting lament-ing the los-s of a calf that was "wuth anywas $15 " Shipley's story is like a tale from Arabian Nights. lie has dim memories memor-ies yf Uncle Tom McCoy who left these , parts back in tho days of the gold rush to California, when Shipley wan !a little lacker of eight or ten years. Nothing molo was heard from him. News Cheers Anniversary. I Then on April 12, when Shipley and his wife were having their 4Gth wed-'dlng wed-'dlng anniversary dinner of country 'sausage and apple pie, along comes jChloe Davis, a cousin, to tell of a letter let-ter sho had gotten from' a California lawyer, announcing that Thomas Mc-I Mc-I Coy, who had never married, had ; died Intestate, worth millions of dol-, dol-, lars and that the heirs in Maryland would receive this fortune. Lawyers have been calling on Shlp-, Shlp-, Icy. who besides a sister at Wllllams-' Wllllams-' port, nearby, and another, Sallle Crone. In Washington, are the only ! nearer relatives traced so far. Shipley himself doesn't know how I much ho will rocelve. but hla attor-jneys attor-jneys estimate his sharo at millions, i Mrs. Shipley says: "Nov wo can give lots of money to tho poor." |