I think we may congratulate ourselves on what is really a very simple will, and which, provided the trustees named consent to act, presents very little difficulty.

I have telegraphed already to Captain Oliphant.

Mr Armstrong, will you do me the favour, at your convenience, of intimating to me your consent or otherwise ?" Mr Armstrong made no response.

It was indeed doubtful whether he had heard the question.

For at that precise moment, gazing about him in bewilderment at the unexpected responsibility thus thrown upon him, his eyes became suddenly riveted by a picture.