"Anything more?" asked the court pleasantly.
"Yes, your honor. Here are four affidavits declaring that on the date of the alleged will in favor of Arthur Mannion that young man was in St. Louis."
"Well, what of that?"
"If you will hold up the will and the copies, you will see that the water-mark is 'St. Louis Mills.'"
The judge did so, with the remark: "You are right, Colonel Seaman; and, while the circumstance taken alone is of little consequence, when considered with other circumstances it may prove to have weight."
"I think the weight will be shown when we produce reliable witnesses who will swear that for years James Playfair used but one kind of paper, and that of Baltimore make."
"Where were these will copies found?"
"Ask Mr. Feversham, your honor. He is on the stand, and he has been sworn."
The question was asked, and Feversham answered: "In the pockets of a dead man."
"His name?"