heard from him, and he has probated it."

Billy was making various irrelevant sounds.

"And I brought that other will to you, and if you didn't choose to

examine it more carefully I'm sure it wasn't my fault. I kept my word

like a perfect gentleman and took no step

whatever

in the matter.

I didn't say a word when before my eyes you stripped me of my entire

worldly possessions--you know I didn't. You burned it up yourself,

Billy Woods--of your own free will and accord--and now Selwoode and