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Many years ago in a small village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble & a white pebble into an empty moneybag. Then the girl would have to pick 1 pebble from the bag. 1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. 2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven. 3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail. They were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent ov

To use this table, the reader should first ascertain whether the deceased left a wife or husband, and if she or he survived, should look under the appropriate heading. Only in default of either, should search be made under "sons and daughters", "father and mother" and the rest, and then in the order given in the first margin. In each instance it is supposed that there are no nearer relations than those named. If a person dies leaving Division of Real and Personal Property WIFE: Wife and no relations ¼ to wife, ¾ to the Bait-ul-mal( 1) Wife and son (sons) 1/8 to wife, rest to son (sons equally) Wife, son and daughter 1/8 to wife, 7/12 to son, 7/24 to daughter (2) Wife, two sons and two daughters 1/8 to wife, 7/24 to each son and 7/48 to each daughter. (2) Wife and one daughter 1/8 to wife, ½ to daughter and 3/8 to Bait-ul-mal. Wife and daughters 1/8 to wife, 2/3 to daughters and 5/24 to Bait-ul mal Wife, daughter and one son's son (h.l.s.) 1/8 to wife,