N in his face. 'Young man,' said

See him. "Show him up to my study, Susan Posey, if you please," said
Master Gridley. Mr. Penhallow presented himself at Mr. Gridley's
door, with a countenance

expressive of a very high state of excitement. "You have heard the
news, Mr. Gridley, I suppose?" "What news, Mr. Penhallow?" "First,
that
my partner has left very unexpectedly to enlist in a regiment
just forming. Second, that the great land-case is
decided in favor of the heirs of the late Malachi Withers." "Your
partner must have known about it yesterday?" "He did, even before I
knew it. He thought himself possessed of
a very important document, as you know, of which he has made, or
means to make, some use. You are aware of the artifice I employed to
prevent any possible evil consequences from any action of his. I have
the genuine document, of course. I wish you to go over with me to The
Poplars, and I should be glad to have good old Father Pemberton
go with us; for it is a serious matter,

and will be a great surprise to more than one of the family." They
walked together to the old house, where the old clergyman had lived
for more than half a century. He was used to bei