If it was a small estate--in those cases brothers and sisters always act generously--no, not always.

Some of 'em, lots of 'em, quarrel and fight over a few pieces of furniture and crockery.

But in a case of a big estate, who ever heard of the one that was favored giving up his advantage unless he was afraid of a scandal, or his lawyers advised him he might as well play the generous, because he'd surely lose the suit ?" "Of course, Arthur, I can't be sure what I'd do," she replied gently; "but I hope I'd not be made altogether contemptible by inheriting a little money." "But it wouldn't seem contemptible," he retorted.

"It'd be legal and sensible, and it'd seem just.

You'd only be obeying a dead father's last wishes and guarding the interests of your husband and your children.