or Iris and Dorothy," Mrs. Kemp went on,
tearfully. "I found my niece had been married at the rectory, and had
taken the first train to the city with her newly made husband; they
intend starting on the steamer which leaves New York for Europe to-day.
So, of course, there was nothing to be done in Iris' case, so I turned
my attention to Dorothy. But, as I remarked before, it was useless. I
think she must have gone to New York City, and if she has, trying to
find her will be like hunting for a needle in a hay-stack. I was shocked
that she should have left to-day, because she well knew that this was
the day on which the will was to be read, and that concerns her so
vitally. Ah! here is the lawyer now," and before Kendal could frame a
reply the gentleman was ushered into the old-fashioned library.

He greeted both Mrs. Kemp and the young man gravely, and they knew by
his demeanor that he had heard what occurred.

His very first words assured them of that fact, and he went on to say
that Dorothy's disappearance, however, would make no difference in the
reading of Doctor Bryan's will, which was set for that day and hour.

"As my time is rather limited," he continued, "you will, I trust, pardon
me if I proceed to business at once."

He looked sharply from one to the other, and, as they both bowed assent,
he opened the satchel he had brought with him, and proceeded to take out
the document which meant so much to Kendal, unfolded it with great
precision, and in his high, metallic voice he read it through slowly and
impressively.

Kendal had quite imagined that the old doctor would leave him a goodly
share of his vast estate--perhaps something like a hundred thousand or
so--indeed, he would not have been surprised to have learned that the
doctor had left him a quarter of a million dollars.

To his unspeakable horror he found that he had been cut off without a
dollar; all had been left to Dorothy, without reserve or condition, save
one, and that condition was a most important one: that she should marry
Kendal six months after his decease, or relinquish the fortune
bequeathed to her.

"I may as well explain to you my old friend's idea in making this will,"
said the lawyer, turning to the young man. "He wished Miss Glenn to
marry you, and thought this the most expedient and effectual way of
bringing about the marriage of two young people whose interests he had
so deeply at heart. Had he lived long enough to have made a new wi