The pain itself was stopped by the anodyne, but the cause of
the pain--the indigestion--stopped the beating of Mr. Sawyer's heart
within an hour.
By his will, $250,000 were left to his daughter Florence, and
$100,000 to his daughter Maude. To compensate for the $150,000
difference in the bequests, the Hon. Nathaniel Sawyer's interest in
the firm of Sawyer, Crowninshield, and Lawrence was conveyed to Mr.
Harry Merry, provided that one-third of his share from the income of
the law-business was paid to the trustees of the estate of his
grandson Quincy Adams Sawyer. The remainder of his property, both
real and personal, was left to his wife, Sarah Quincy Sawyer.
Quincy's grandmother did not live long to enjoy her fortune. Maude
wished her to sell the Beacon Street house and come to Mount Vernon
Street. Her mother wished her to come to Beacon Street. While the
_pros_ and _cons_ were being considered, the old lady died of
absolute inanition. She had been dominated so long by a superior will
power, she had been so dependent upon her late husband in every event
of her life, that without him she was a helpless creature, and so
willing to drop her burden, that she did not cling to life but gave
up without the semblance of a struggle. Her last will and testament
was very short, containing but one clause, which gave all her
property to her grandson Quincy Adams Sawyer.
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