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I  I think he was probably going through the desk the night he died, destroying various papers. He must have taken the other will out to destroy it just  just before he died. Perhaps  perhaps  " Billy paused for a little and then laughed, unmirthfully. "It scarcely matters," said he. "Here is the will. I I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY GOING THROUGH THE DESK THE NIGHT HE DIED DESTROYING VARIOUS PAPERS HE MUST HAVE TAKEN THE OTHER WILL OUT TO DESTROY IT JUST JUST BEFORE HE DIED PERHAPS PERHAPS BILLY PAUSED FOR A LITTLE AND THEN LAUGHED UNMITHFULLY IT SCARCELY MATTERS SAID HE HERE IS THE WILL
--why, it's dated the seventeenth of June, the day before he died! And it's witnessed by Hodges and Burton--the butler and the first footman, you know--and they've never said anything about such a paper. And, then, why should he have made another will just like the first?" Billy pondered. By and bye, "I think I can explain that," he said, in a rather peculiar voice. "You see, Hodges and Burton witnessed all his papers, half the time without knowing what they were about. They would hardly have thought of this particular one after his death. And it isn't quite the same will as the other; it leaves you practically everything, but it doesn't appoint any trustees, as the other did, because this will was drawn up after you were of age. Moreover, it contains these four bequests to colleges, to establish a Woods chair of ethnology, which the other will didn't provide for. Of course, it would have been simpler merely to add a codicil to the first will, but Uncle Fred was always very methodical. IT'S EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER WILL ONLY WHY IT'S DATED THE SEVENTEENTH OF JUNE THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED AND IT'S WITNESSED BY HODGES AND BURTON THE BUTLER AND THE FIRST FOOTMAN YOU KNOW AND THEY'VE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT SUCH A PAPER AND THEN WHY SHOULD HE HAVE MADE ANOTHER WILL JUST LIKE THE FIRST BILLY PONDERED BY AND BY I THINK I CAN EXPLAIN THAT HE SAID IN A RATHER PECULIAR VOICE YOU SEE HODGES AND BURTON WITNESSED ALL HIS PAPERS HALF THE TIME WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT THEY WOULD HARDLY HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS PARTICULAR ONE AFTER HIS DEATH AND IT ISN'T QUITE THE SAME WILL AS THE OTHER IT LEAVES YOU PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING BUT IT DOESN'T APPOINT ANY TRUSTEES AS THE OTHER DID BECAUSE THIS WILL WAS DRAWN UP AFTER YOU WERE OF AGE MOREOVER IT CONTAINS THESE FOUR BEQUESTS TO COLLEGES TO ESTABLISH A WOODS CHAIR OF ETHNOLOGY WHICH THE OTHER WILL DIDN'T PROVIDE FOR OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLER MERELY TO ADD A CODICIL TO THE FIRST WILL BUT UNCLE FRED WAS ALWAYS VERY METHODICAL
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