And until his return, the existence of this important document had better remain a secret." "Shall I not submit it to Judge Bigelow ?" I reflected for some moments, and then replied-- "Yes.

He is your legal adviser, and one in whom the highest confidence may be reposed.

The will should be at once placed in his hands for examination." "And go upon record ?" "Better leave all to his superior legal judgment.

But," as the thought occurred to me, "who are named as the executors of this will ?" "I did not examine as to that, being too much interested in the provisions of the writing," she replied.
"May I see the document ?" "Blanche, dear, you will find it in the right-hand drawer of the secretary, in our room;" and Mrs.Montgomery handed a key to her daughter, who left the apartment in which we were sitting.

She came back in a few minutes, and handed me a paper, which, on examination, I found to be written throughout, and evidently by the hand of Captain Allen.