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the estate into four parts, three
.-rr.r were becueathed TO the testa-
-...a. Miss Annie Hubbard. AMI the
-.r .r a charitable Institution.
-...s eod.clls had from time to time
49,. .r. name OF this Institution. and
r ..r-r a molth before Mrs. Hub
.s death. she had substituted for
-.-.. tho name cf Mr. \ Van Cort-
--s -4..voCrt. who was spoken OF as
-. g.--- friend"
-,-..-...~tcrs 20 Annie, one-quarter 10
a. s..f..or,-Jhus The Will finally stood.
--.. as very simple. except for one
--.r ~.--arasfance. which was that no
go KNEW Qa1 Mr.. A Van Cortlandt
s.--.olr, could be.
ME members q Mrs. Hubbard's house
,.r had never heard OF him. II Was a
.-.-..-.r r.~-a.1ty :nat he mad never been
70 re h0lsA
S.-1.r. several thousand newspapers
D. o.. United states and many elsewhere
,..-.ef the announcement OF his inheri-
---e only .re most bogus claimants re-
y5r5.y even succeeded IN proving that
Oil. -.re was really A. Van Cortanit
s.l-rlCrt
A, me time when public interest In the
.sVa= 70 .rs height young newspaper
van named Janray was waiting On a
..,sar corner for a friend OF his who had
enc 20 borrow s. from another friend,
.tsr re mas confronted by a tai and
-.uHru maiden who was clothed all in
.8.k
she hal halo OF corn-eolored hair, and
s-r eyes were as blue as the dome OF
L. e
u Jag your pardon" said she. "Are
rra N- San,voortT'
II 7.-h ! were" replied Jaffray, speak
.r. from The impulse Of his heart, hut
am E8-'
BE uas not thinking OF the Hubbard
u. case. lie simply wished 10 be MI
s.av5.rt 10 oblige the young lady.
=. occurred 10 him that II he were she
you'd probably talk to him, and for that
cons. Grafton he would have accepted any
name 10 the directory.
A T1ngiy-built woman OF thirty, with
aka-.y face and keen eye, was just be-
Aid the pretty girl.
y really cannot be mistaken" said she,
and the pretty one turned again TO
Jsaray.
. am Miss Annie Hubbard" she said
'.al-and perhaps you know about my
aaat- will"
You don't mean to say you took me for
that llr. SantvOOTt2' cried Jaffray
why. Of course. l never saw him." re-
replied the girl. mo one ever saw him SO
.aT ass We know except Miss Lane. This l.
Miss Lane. she was engaged as nurse
1y my aunt in her last Illness. She is the
Only person TO whom my aunt ever men
TONED Mr.. SantvOO-t."
"i am deeply interested" said Jaffray.
This was not only interesting to him
personally, but II was news, for Miss
lanes connection with the case had never
been published.
1T is ridiculous that l should tell this
story 10 a perfect stranger" said the girl,
but Miss Lane was so sure you were Mr..
Sau-vOUrt-"
Il was alone with Mrs. Hubbard on the
fifth day before her DEATH" said the
nurse. she was able to sit up, and she
was looking out Of the window. Suddenly
sls exclaimed:
"N by, there goes Mr.. Santvoort"'
q looked out and saw you passing upon
The other side. Mrs. Hubbard seemed very
much interested. She begged me TO run
Out and catch you. I hurried as fast as
could bur you had disappeared when l
gor upon the street. l walked quite a dis
uHl. in the hope Of overtaking you,
olt dlI not see you again.
when l returned. the doctor was with
lirs. Hubbard. l said TO her simply that
] had not succeeded in overtaking the
gentleman.
'She said that she was sorry. and not
another word was spoken on the subject
short time afterward, indeed while
the doctor was still there, Mrs. Hubbard
suffered A serious relapse, and from that
moment 10 the end she was never fully
conscious again"
This IS remarkable" said Jaffray.
The chances are, / suppose, that Mrs.
Hubbard mistook me for somebody else,
though of course, it is just possible that
w. yourself might be mistaken"
81 am perfectly certain" said the nurse.
III You will pardcn me-" said Miss Hub
bard i VIII venture 10 say that your dp-
lelaDre is very easily remembered"
Jaruy blushed. He is sensitive regard
ING bis size. which approaches the gigan-
Ole. lie Is six feet five inches tall and ex-
Cs.euuy proportioned.
Bis lace is clean cut, his eyes are dark
and fun Of fire, his hair is OF a peculiar
Ie.- SD brown and inclined to be curly.
Altogether his aspect is not only unusu-
@. but Il Is Of the sort that does not need
near view for recognition.
Mrs. Hubbard may not have been
cute herself at the time" said the young
nan. You say she was unconscious d
Very Few hours afteTward2"
Ssh" was perfectly sane when she saw
E"a' reu.ied the nurse. with professional
u.m
.Auw. I wonder" said JGffray TO him.
set whether there Is any reason why
These people wish me 10 pretend that
am MI Something-or-Other SantvoortT
Then he looked into Annie Hubbard
f.ue eyes and was ashamed of himself II
he besetting sin OF the young journal
s 10 be suspicious OF everybody.
~ : may inquire" said Jaffray. "why IS
70 hat this clew has never been made
~. .o"
aIss Lane has been In Bermuda" re.
Piles Miss Hubbard "She was on tire
ocean when the will was read and has
.s.- rrruncd"
would you object TO my printing it?''
De- AeL Il am connected with the
N.- i1 the least" was the reply. 1T
I.t-f help us. You might mention the
-' that you resemble Mr.. Santvoort,
-- as YOU are undoubtedly very well
l....--"
wouldn't DO Il for the amount Of the
.-tE. replied Jaffray, THE other fel-
"1 would guy me 10 death. But II there
a.g other way in which I can possibly
s. YOU please command me. I am San
T.. J.Eray."
'e mentioned the paper upon which he
"a- Employed. and then the interview
1.- b. an end. since there was really
...- more 10 be said.
- name was not 4. Van Cortland;
-....-r- and instead Of claiming a be-
-lOlJ he was waiting for frsand
.u q luncheon.
b. -.- lauray was alone, a curious men
Process began 90 torment him. There
--- 20 be- an obscure association in
mid wiki the name Of A. Van Cort-
'. raH,Eo0rJ lie remembs cred that on
-- the story OF the will FOR the first
similar vague impression had been
.l1u aim by that name. Then IL
passed lu "a fash but this time il re-