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Woods bequeathed his millions unconditionally to Margaret Hugonin when she should come of age. WOODS BEQUEATHED HIS MILLIONS UNCONDITIONALLY TO MARGARET HUGONIN WHEN SHE SHOULD COME OF AGE
of this sturdy old Pharisee was found, and Fate had pierced it gaily. It was retribution, if you will; and I think that none of his victims in "the Street," none of the countless widows and orphans that he had made, suffered more bitterly than he in those last days. It was almost two years after Billy's departure from Selwoode that his body-servant, coming to rouse Frederick R. Woods one June morning, found him dead in his rooms. He had been ailing for some time. It was his heart, the doctors said; and I think that it was, though not precisely in the sense which they meant. The man found him seated before his great carved desk, on which his head and shoulders had fallen forward; they rested on a sheet of legal-cap paper half-covered with a calculation in his crabbed old hand as to the value of certain properties--the calculation which he never finished; and underneath was a mass of miscellaneous papers, among them his will, dated the day after Billy left Selwoode, in which Frederick R. E WEAK POINT IN THE ARMOUR OF THIS STURDY OLD PHARISEE WAS FOUND AND FATE HAD PIERCED IT GAILY IT WAS RETRIBUTION IF YOU WILL AND I THINK THAT NONE OF HIS VICTIMS IN THE STREET NONE OF THE COUNTLESS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS THAT HE HAD MADE SUFFERED MORE BITTERLY THAN HE IN THOSE LAST DAYS IT WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER BILLY'S DEPARTURE FROM SELLWOOD THAT HIS BODY SERVANT COMING TO ROUSE FREDERICK ARWOODS ONE JUNE MORNING FOUND HIM DEAD IN HIS ROOMS HE HAD BEEN AILING FOR SOME TIME IT WAS HIS HEART THE DOCTORS SAID AND I THINK THAT IT WAS THOUGH NOT PRECISELY IN THE SENSE WHICH THEY MEANT THE MAN FOUND HIM SEATED BEFORE HIS GREAT CARVED DESK ON WHICH HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS HAD FALLEN FORWARD THEY RESTED ON A SHEET OF LEGAL CAP PAPER HALF COVERED WITH A CALCULATION IN HIS CRABBED OLD HAND AS TO THE VALUE OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES THE CALCULATION WHICH HE NEVER FINISHED AND UNDERNEATH WAS A MASS OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AMONG THEM HIS WILL DATED THE DAY AFTER BILLY LEFT SELWOOD IN WHICH FREDERICK R
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