Mr. Woods picked up the keys and, going to the desk, unlocked the

centre compartment with a jerk. Afterward he gave a sharp exclamation.

He had found a paper in the secret drawer at the back which appeared

to startle him.

Billy unfolded it slowly, with a puzzled look growing in his

countenance. Then for a moment Margaret's golden head drew close to

his yellow curls and they read it through together. And in the most

melodramatic and improbable fashion in the world they found it to be

the last will and testament of Frederick R. Woods.

"But--but I don't understand," was Miss Hugonin's awed comment. "It's