CHAPTER V

WHAT CAME AFTERWARD


There was silence for a minute after the will was read. Mrs. Pinkerton
fanned herself furiously, and looked angry and excited.

At length she said: "I wish to say that that is a very unjust will,
Mr. Spencer."

"I am not responsible for it, Mrs. Pinkerton," answered the lawyer,
quietly.

"I don't know what the rest of you think," said the angry lady, with a
general glance around the office, "but I think the will ought to be
broken."

"On what grounds?" asked Mr. Spencer.

"He had no right to put off his own flesh and blood with a beggarly
pittance, and leave all his money to the town."

"Pardon me; whatever you may think of Mr. Carter's will, there is no
doubt that he had a perfect legal right to dispose of it as he did."