FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   >>  
ded_ his will to remain good. If, on the other hand, from expressions used by him, and other proof, it be made to appear unquestionable that it was his intent that his will _should_ continue in force, the marriage and birth of children will not revoke it. _Paraphernalia of a Widow._--These are defined to be "such goods as a wife is, after her husband's death, allowed to retain in preference to all creditors and legatees; as necessary wearing apparel, and jewels, if she be of quality; and whether so or not, all such ornaments of the person, as watches, rings, and trinkets, as _she used to wear_ in her husband's life-time. Under the term 'wearing apparel' are included whatsoever articles were given to her by her husband for the purpose of being made up into clothes, although he may have died before they were made up." (_Clamey._) It should be added, however, that the jewels of the wife are, after her husband's death, liable to the payment of his debts, should his personal estate be exhausted; though her necessary wearing apparel is protected against the claim of all creditors. * * * * * SUPERSTITION OF SAILORS. The following is from Messrs. Bennet and Tyerman's _Voyages and Travels_: "Our chief mate said, that on board a ship where he had served, the mute on duty ordered some of the youths to reef the main-top-sail. When the first got up, he heard a strange voice saying, '_It blows hard_.' The lud waited for no more; he was down in a trice, and telling his adventure; a second immediately ascended, laughing at the folly of his companion, but returned even more quickly declaring that he was quite sure that a voice, not of this world, had cried in his ear, 'It blows hard.' Another went, and another, but each came back with the same tale. At length the mate, having sent up the whole watch, run up the shrouds himself; and when he reached the haunted spot, heard the dreadful words distinctly uttered in his ears, 'It blows hard.' 'Ay, ay, old one; but blow it ever so hard, we must ease the earings for all that,' replied the mate undauntedly; and looking round, he spied a fine parrot perched on one of the clues--the thoughtless author of all the false alarms, which had probably escaped from some other vessel, but had not been discovered to have taken refuge on this. Another of our officers mentioned that, on one of his voyages, he remembered a boy having been sent up to clear a rope whic
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   >>  



Top keywords:

husband

 

wearing

 

apparel

 

creditors

 
Another
 

jewels

 

waited

 

length

 

quickly

 

laughing


companion

 

returned

 

ascended

 
immediately
 
adventure
 
telling
 

declaring

 

alarms

 

escaped

 

vessel


author

 

parrot

 

perched

 
thoughtless
 

discovered

 

remembered

 
voyages
 
refuge
 

officers

 
mentioned

dreadful
 

distinctly

 
uttered
 

haunted

 
shrouds
 

reached

 

replied

 
undauntedly
 

earings

 

Voyages


ornaments

 
person
 

watches

 

preference

 
legatees
 

quality

 

trinkets

 

articles

 
purpose
 

whatsoever