CHAPTER XXX

THE INHERITANCE

The rain lasted several days and saved the crops: the wheat, although somewhat damaged, was ripening fast.

As Lance drove home from one of his mysterious absences from the Grange, he looked out over the rippling fields with a sense of thankfulness in his boyish heart. Harding was not to be ruined after all! The rain had saved his fortune; and in Lance's pocket there was a paper that would clear his name.

Beatrice met him on the steps, but he brushed past her with a smile and hurried to his father's study, where he knew he would find the Colonel.

"I've been away several times, and now I must tell you why, sir," he said. "You will remember that I've declared my belief in Harding all along."

"I've no doubt he feels properly grateful," Mowbray remarked.

"I'm grateful to him. And now I have some satisfaction in being able to prove his innocence. Read this."

He gave his father a note, and Mowbray read it aloud:

"'_I hereby declare that Craig Harding of Allenwood is a stranger to me. I met him for the first and only time at the Rideau Hotel, Winnipeg, and I regret that I then claimed his acquaintance._'"

"It sounds conclusive. I see it's signed 'Coral Stanton, clairvoyante.' May I ask how you came to meet this lady and get the document?"

"Both things needed some tact, sir," Lance answered with a grin.

"So I should imagine. Rather a delicate business for one so young. You must have seen that your motives were liable to be misunderstood."

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Which chapter is The Inheritance?
2. What was Lance grateful for?
3. What saved Harding?
4. What was the paper in his pocket?
5. From whom?
6. What did it attest?
7. How many times did that occur?
8. Where?
9. Did she enjoy his company?
10. Did he say how he obtained this note?
11. To whom did he give it?

Numbered answers:
1. CHAPTER XXX
2. He declared his belief in Harding
3. The rain
4. a note
5. Coral Stanton, clairvoyante
6. When she first meet him
7. first and only time
8. Rideau Hotel, Winnipeg
9. unknown
10. things needed some tact,
11. Mowbray