"Item four: I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue, and remainder of my estate equally to my two beloved Uncles, Ezra Tweedie Bartlett and Enoch Tweedie Bartlett, both of the City of New York, State of New York, the same to be had and holden by them, share and share alike.
"Item five: I hereby appoint my said two Uncles, Ezra Tweedie Bartlett and Enoch Tweedie Bartlett, as Executors of this, my last will and testament, and as such they shall have final and absolute disposal of the following described bonds, mortgages and securities, to-wit:
- "$178,000 International & Great Northern Railroad second Mortgage five per cent. Bonds.
- "$436,000 City of New York Gold exempts three and one-half per cent. Corporate Stock.
- "$1,118,000 City of New York Gold exempts three and one-half per cent. assessment Bonds of Nov. 1st, 1916."
I lay there listening to the singsong voice as it read on, going through a long list of names that sounded like the Wall Street page of an evening paper. There was no use trying to follow it. The whole thing only made my head swim. And the bleats of grief that broke from the sheep at the far
