understand?" he asked.

"To the Institute. Not to the niece," Vera answered. Gaylor
nodded gravely.

"What," asked Vera, "are the fewest words in which that message
could be delivered? I mean -- should she say, You are to endow
the Hallowell Institute, or Brother, you are to give -- Sign
the new will?" With satisfaction the girl gave a sharp shake of
her head, and nodded to Vance. " Destroy the old will. Sign the
new will. That is the best," she said.

"That's it exactly," Gaylor exclaimed eagerly; "that's
excellent!" Then his face clouded. "I think," he said in a
troubled voice, "we should warn Miss Vera, that to guard himself
from any trickery, Mr. Hallowell insists on subjecting her to
the most severe tests. He -- "

"That will be all right," said the girl. She turned to Vance
and, in a lower tone but without interest, asked: "What, for
instance?" Vance merely laughed and shrugged his shoulders. The
girl smiled. Nettled, and alarmed at what appeared to be their
overconfidence, Gaylor objected warmly.

"That's all very well," he cried, "but for instance, he insists
that the entire time you are in the cabinet, you hold a handful
of flour in one hand and of shot in the other" -- he illustrated
with clenched fists -- "which makes it impossible," he
protested, "for you to use your hands."