youth of twenty-two.

This brings me to my grandfather's Will, discovered amongst his
papers after his death; and surely no stranger or more perplexing
document was ever penned, especially as in this case any will was
unnecessary, seeing that only one son was left to claim the
inheritance. Men guessed that those dark years of seclusion and
self-repression had been spent in wrestling with memories of a sinful
and perhaps a criminal past, and predicted that Amos Trenoweth could
not die without confession. They were partly right, from knowledge
of human nature; and partly wrong, from ignorance of my grandfather's
character.

The Will was dated "June 15th, 1837," and ran as follows:--

"I, Amos Trenoweth, of Lantrig, in the Parish of Polkimbra and
County of Cornwall, feeling, in this year of Grace Eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven, that my Bodily Powers are failing and
the Hour drawing near when I shall be called to account for my
Many and Grievous Sins, do hereby make Provision for my Death
and also for my son Ezekiel, together with such Descendants as
may hereafter be born to him. To this my son Ezekiel I give and
bequeath the Farm and House of Lantrig, with all my Worldly
Goods, and add my earnest hope that this may suffice to support
both him and his Descendants in Godliness and Contentment,
knowing how greatly these excell the Wealth of this World and
the Lusts of the Flesh. But, knowing also the mutability of
earthly things, I do hereby command and enjoin that, if at any
time He or his Descendants be in stress and tribulation of
poverty, the Head of our Family of Trenoweth shall strictly and