"Yes, I signed some sort of a paper, but I was in such a flurry that I didn't take time to examine it. The lawyer that was with him told me that it was just a form."
"Who was it?"
"I don't know who it was. He was a stranger to me."
The lawyer got up and searched his desk for some paper that he was anxious to find. Presently he brought out a document entitled, "Notice for Probate of Will." Holding the paper in his hand he pointed to a note printed in smaller letters, and said:
"Did you sign such a thing as this: 'I hereby accept full service and waive all time of Notice of the within Citation.' Did you sign that?"
"It seems to me that I did; but I would not be positive."
"And the lawyer told you that it was a mere form? And when he got you back at school your uncle put these papers in to probate, and after that he had you just where he wanted you."
"That is just about the way of it, I guess."
"Bob, you are the most confiding boy I ever saw. You ought not to have signed that citation. You have put it out of your power to contest the will. You ought to have a guardian appointed for you."
This was a very unwelcome piece of news to Bob, but he did not rebel against it. He knew that the lawyer was in a situation to understand such matters better than he was.