But father," she cried, with a gust of stormy tears, "told me himself of the discovery of the value of this property, and that he had feared to arouse poor Randall's hopes until the Railway Company had purchased the land." Her voice died away; its accent of truth had brought the astounded lawyers to their feet; but in a corner Doctor Atwater whispered to Jack Witherspoon, who was shaking as a leaf in a storm.
"Silence, my friend," he murmured.

"This makes you a millionaire.
Say nothing to-night.

Confide only in Alice.

You and I must tell her, alone, and later, of Clayton's will.

If Ferris knew of this, he is the murderer." The grave voice of Boardman alone broke the silence.