Willis was only too eager; Willis was young, enthusiastic,
reliable--three reasons why the _Star_ kept him.

"It may be a dream," he said, smiling, "but here is the way I stack it
up. The night after he quarrelled with John, Frederick Cavendish
called in Enright and made a will, presumably, cutting John off with
practically nothing.

"Immediately after Frederick's departure, Enright calls Carbon's Café
and talks to John Cavendish, who had been dining there with Celeste La
Rue.

"It is reasonable to suppose that he told him of the will. Less than
five hours afterward Frederick Cavendish is found dead in his
apartments. Again it is reasonable to suppose that he was croaked by
John Cavendish, who wanted to destroy the will so that he could claim
the estate.

"These Broadway boys need money when they travel with chorines.
Anyhow, the dead man is buried, and John starts spending money like
water. One month later he receives a letter--Josette patched the
pieces together--asking him to call at Enright's office.

"What happened there is probably this: Young Cavendish was informed of
the existence of the will, and it was offered to him at a price which
he couldn't afford to pay--just then.

"Perhaps he was frightened into signing a promise to pay as soon as he
came into the estate--tricked by Enright. Enright, as soon as he heard
no will had been found in Frederick's effects, may have figured that