"My dear Susan,—I have decided not to wait until I die todo what little good I can do in the world. You will be glad,I am sure, to learn that I have made arrangements for theimmediate erection of the steam-laundry at the asylum, aswell as for the material improvement in several other waysof that excellent institution."At the same time I desire that you and your husband shallhave the benefit immediately of the larger portion of thelegacy that I always have intended should be yours at mydeath. It is here (in govt. 4's), and I hope with all myheart that your trip to Europe will be a pleasant one. I amvery affectionately yours,"Gregory Wilkinson."
"And to think," said Susan—as we drove home through the twilight, bearing our sheaves with us and feeling very happy over them—"and to think that it should turn out to be your cousin Gregory Wilkinson who was the family pirate and had a hoard, and not your great-great-great-uncle, after all!"