testatrix was lineally descended from the ancient house of
Ellangowan, her respected great-grandfather, Andrew Bertram, first
of Singleside, of happy memory, having been second son to Allan
Bertram, fifteenth Baron of Ellangowan. It proceeded to state that
Henry Bertram, son and heir of Godfrey Bertram, now of Ellangowan,
had been stolen from his parents in infancy, but that she, the
testatrix, WAS WELL ASSURED THAT HE WAS YET ALIVE IN FOREIGN
PARTS, AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF HEAVEN WOULD BE RESTORED TO THE
POSSESSIONS OF HIS ANCESTORS, in which case the said Peter
Protocol was bound and obliged, like as he bound and obliged
himself, by acceptance of these presents, to denude himself of the
said lands of Singleside and others, and of all the other effects
thereby conveyed (excepting always a proper gratification for his
own trouble), to and in favour of the said Henry Bertram, upon his
return to his native country. And during the time of his residing
in foreign parts, or in case of his never again returning to
Scotland, Mr. Peter Protocol, the trustee, was directed to
distribute the rents of the land, and interest of the other funds
(deducting always a proper gratification for his trouble in the
premises), in equal portions, among four charitable establishments
pointed out in the will. The power of management, of letting
leases, of raising and lending out money, in short, the full
authority of a proprietor, was vested in this confidential
trustee, and, in the event of his death, went to certain official
persons named in the deed. There were only two legacies; one of a
hundred pounds to a favourite waiting-maid, another of the like
sum to Janet Gibson (whom the deed stated to have been supported
by the charity of the testatrix), for the purpose of binding her
an apprentice to some honest trade.