“Did your father give Nicholas any writing?”

“No.”

“Did Nicholas pay anything for the use of the land?”

“No.”

“Did he ever recognize your father's title while he was living?”

“No.”

“Then he never knew that your father owned these lands?”

“Yes,” replied the School-teacher, “in the end he knew it.”

“How did he know it, if he did not find it out while he was living?”

“He found it out while he was dying,” replied the School-teacher.