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He will do what is necessary. Good night, Mr. Woods." Then she locked up the desk in a businesslike fashion and turned to him, and held out her hand. "Good night, Billy," said this perfectly inconsistent young woman. "For a moment I thought Uncle Fred had altered his will in your favour. I almost wish he had." Billy smiled a little. HE WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY GOOD NIGHT MISTER WOODS THEN SHE LOCKED UP THE DESK IN A BUSINESS LIKE FASHION AND TURNED TO HIM AND HELD OUT HER HAND GOOD NIGHT BILLY SAID THIS PERFECTLY INCONSISTENT YOUNG WOMAN FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT UNCLE FRED HAD ALTERED HIS WILL IN YOUR FAVOR I ALMOST WISH HE HAD BILLY SMILED A LITTLE
esk 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. It is undoubtedly genuine and undoubtedly the last he made. You'll have to have it probated, Peggy, and settle with the colleges. It--it won't make much of a hole in the Woods millions." There was a half-humorous bitterness in his voice that Margaret noted silently. So (she thought) he had hoped for a moment that at the last Frederick R. Woods had relented toward him. It grieved her, in a dull fashion, to see him so mercenary. It grieved her--though she would have denied it emphatically--to see him so disappointed. Since he wanted the money so much, she would have liked for him to have had it, worthless as he was, for the sake of the boy he had been. "Thank you," she said, coldly, as she took the paper; "I will give it to my father.  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 IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY GENUINE AND UNDOUBTEDLY THE LAST HE MADE YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT PROBATED PEGGY AND SETTLED WITH THE COLLEGES IT IT WON'T MAKE MUCH OF A HOLE IN THE WOODS MILLIONS THERE WAS A HALF HUMOROUS BITTERNESS IN HIS VOICE THAT MARGARET NOTED SILENTLY SO SHE THOUGHT HE HAD HOPED FOR A MOMENT THAT AT THE LAST FREDERICK R WOODS HAD RELENTED TOWARD HIM IT GRIEVED HER IN A DULL FASHION TO SEE HIM SO MERCENARY IT GRIEVED HER THOUGH SHE WOULD HAVE DENIED IT EMPHATICALLY TO SEE HIM SO DISAPPOINTED SINCE HE WANTED THE MONEY SO MUCH SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED FOR HIM TO HAVE HAD IT WORTHLESS AS HE WAS FOR THE SAKE OF THE BOY HE HAD BEEN THANK YOU SHE SAID COLDLY AS SHE TOOK THE PAPER I WILL GIVE IT TO MY FATHER
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