I gave it as my opinion, that, as Judge Bigelow was one of the executors, and must in consequence cease to act for Mrs.Montgomery, that we had better call in Mr.Wallingford, and get his view of the case before placing the will in Judge Bigelow's hands.

The mother and daughter agreed with me.

So a time of meeting was appointed, and a note sent to the young lawyer desiring his presence at the house of Mrs.Montgomery.He seemed very much gratified at the successful result of his visit to England, and referred to it with something of pardonable pride in his manner.
"We have every reason," said Mrs.Montgomery, in response to this, "to be satisfied with the manner in which you have executed an important mission.

Since you left America, however, a document has come into my hands, which, had it reached me earlier, would have saved you a long and tedious search among mouldy and moth-eaten papers.

It was nothing less than Captain Allen's will." And she gave him the paper.