"LEAVE instructions! But you, yourself--?"

"Oh, I'm going to be there, in Hillerton."

"There? Hillerton?"

"Yes, where the cousins live, you know. Of course I want to see how it
works."

"Humph! I suppose you think you'll find out--with you watching their
every move!" The lawyer had settled back in his chair, an ironical
smile on his lips.

"Oh, they won't know me, of course, except as John Smith."

"John Smith!" The lawyer was sitting erect again.

"Yes. I'm going to take that name--for a time."

"Nonsense, Fulton! Have you lost your senses?"

"No." The millionaire still smiled imperturbably. "Really, my dear
Ned, I'm disappointed in you. You don't seem to realize the
possibilities of this thing."

"Oh, yes, I do--perhaps better than you, old man," retorted the other
with an expressive glance.

"Oh, come, Ned, listen! I've got three cousins in Hillerton. I never