me consider
this Will again--'I, David Helmsley, being in sound health of mind and
body, thanks be to God, do make this to be my Last Will and Testament,
revoking all former Wills, Codicils and Testamentary Dispositions. First
I commend my soul into the hands of God my Creator, hoping and
believing, through the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made
partaker of life everlasting'--Dear me, dear me!" and Mr. Owlett took
off his spectacles. "You must be a very old-fashioned man! This sort of
thing is not at all necessary nowadays!"

"Not necessary, perhaps," said Helmsley gently--"But there is no harm in
putting it in, sir, I hope?"

"Oh, there's no harm! It doesn't affect the Will itself, of
course,--but--but--it's odd--it's unusual! You see nobody minds what
becomes of your Soul, or your Body either--the only question of
importance to any one is what is to be done with your Money!"

"I see!" And Helmsley nodded his head and spoke with perfect
mildness--"But I'm an old man, and I've lived long enough to be fonder
of old-fashioned ways than new, and I should like, if you please, to let
it be known that I died a Christian, which is, to me, not a member of
any particular church or chapel, but just a Christian--a man who
faithfully believes in the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ."

The attorney stared at him astonished, and moved by a curious sense of
shame. There was something both pathetic and dignified in the aspect of
this frail old "working man," who stood before him so respectfully with
his venerable white hair uncovered, and his eyes full of an earnest
resolution which was not to be gainsaid. Coughing a cough of nervous
embarrassment, he again glanced at the document before him.

"Of course," he said--"if you wish it, there is not the slightest
objection to your making this--this public statement as to your
religious convictions. It does not affect the disposal of your worldly
goods in any way. It used--yes, it used to be quite the ordinary way of
beginning a Last Will and Testament--but we have got beyond any special
commendation of our souls to God, you know----"

"Oh yes, I quite understand that," rejoined Helmsley. "Present-day
people like to think that God takes no interest whatever in His own
creation. It's a more comfortable doctrine to believe that He is
indifferent rather than observant. But, so far as I'm concerned, I don't
go with the time."

"No, I see you don't," and Mr. Owlett bent his at