Then there were twenty thousand dollars in stock of the County Bank, the interest of which Mrs.Allen had drawn since the death of her husband, regularly, as administratrix of the estate.

Besides this property, there were several pieces of unimproved land in and around the town, the value of which could not fall much below twenty thousand dollars.

In addition to all this, was a coffee estate on the island of Porto Rico.

But as to its extent, or value, no evidence appeared.

It might now be richly productive, or a mere tropical wilderness.