A MAN OF THE OLDEN TYPE--HIS SAD STORY ABOUT HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF--THEY ADOPT A BRIGHT BOY--THE WIFE'S PROPHET SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE BOY--THE BOY GROWS UP AND GOES TO COLLEGE--A PLEASANT YEAR--HE LEARNS CERTAIN MYSTERIES OF LIFE--STUDENTS' PITCHED BATTLE WITH THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE--OF THE "WHITE HORSE"--A WHILE IN A LAWYER'S OFFICE--BECOMES A MERCHANT--MAKING MONEY TOO FAST--A FATAL HOUR--THE VORTEX OF WALL STREET--SUNDRY FORGERIES--A STRANGE CAREER--AN IMPORTANT WITNESS LOST, AND FOUND IN THE INSANE RETREAT, HARTFORD, CONN.--A TERRIBLE COMPLICATION OF AFFAIRS; LAWYERS AND ALL BAFFLED--I AM CALLED IN TO WORK UP THE CASE--DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED--FATE INTERPOSES--WENTWORTH, THE INSANE WITNESS, RECOVERS--A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK INK AND BLUE INK--DYING OF GRIEF--AN UNHAPPY HOUSEHOLD. 492 =OLD MR. ALVORD'S LAST WILL.= THE DESTRUCTIVE GREED OF GAIN--A WEIRD, WONDROUS TALE--"WHAT IF THEY BUT KNEW"--TELLING STORIES AWAY FROM HOME--REVELATIONS--AN OLD MAN OF THE HIGH MORAL TYPE--CURIOUS NOTION ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FAMILY--THE MYSTIC NUMBER THREE--PORTRAITS OF A FAMILY; A PERFECT WOMAN--DEATH AND INTRIGUES--A "FAITHFUL SERVANT"--OLD WILLS AND NEW--LEGAL COMPLICATIONS--THE LAST WILL MISSING--A CRAFTY LAWYER--A THOROUGH SEARCH--A DIABOLICAL COURTSHIP, AND FIERCE STRUGGLE THROUGH THREE YEARS--A DETECTIVE AT LAST CALLED INTO THE MATTER--A PLOT LAID TO FOIL OLD BOYD, AN UNSCRUPULOUS LAWYER--DID IT SUCCEED?--THE READER PERMITTED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR HIMSELF--A VITAL DISCOVERY--MORE PLOTTING--A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY MAKES A DIVERSION IN THE PLANS--OLD ANDREW WILCOX'S FUNNY LETTERS SEARCHED AND A TREASURE "FOUND" AMONG THEM--OLD BOYD'S CONSTERNATION--THE LAST WILL FINALLY CARRIED OUT--"NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE"--A FORTUNE TOO LARGE TO BE LAUGHED AT--A CUNNING WIFE LEADS HER HUSBAND A CURIOUS LIFE--A BIT OF COMFORT, PERHAPS. 509 =THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.=