He would simply pronounce the whole thing a sham.

Well, sir, if you will recall some of the testimony at the inquest, you will see that is precisely what occurred.

Hugh Mainwaring, within twenty or thirty minutes preceding his death, was heard to denounce some one as a 'liar' and an 'impostor.' An 'impostor,' mark you! Very applicable to the case we are now supposing.

And in the altercation which followed, the other party called him a 'thief,' and made some allusion--I do not recall the exact words--to his being 'transported to the wilds of Australia.' Now, sir, there is no doubt in the mind of any sane man that those words were spoken by the murderer of Hugh Mainwaring, and I think now we have a pretty good clue to his identity." "But the young man stated emphatically this morning that he made no mention of the will to Hugh Mainwaring." "To the devil with his statements! There is evidence enough against him that he will be ruined when I get through with him.

He has dared to try to thwart me in the plans of a lifetime, and I'll make it the worst piece of business he ever undertook.