-five
thousand dollars! There was no excuse for him now. With all that money he
could not hope to stay on in service. He was rich. He would have to go out
into the world and shift for himself. He could not go on 'tending furnace
for Mrs. Thorpe,--he couldn't take the bread out of some deserving
wretch's mouth by hanging onto the job with all that money in his
possession. Mrs. Thorpe would congratulate him on the morrow, and turn him
out. And no one would tell him where to go,--unless it might be Murray, in
a fit of anger.

"Mr. Thorpe was not moved by any desire to circumvent certain--perhaps I
should say that he intended you, Dr. Thorpe, to act in strict accordance
with the provisions of the will," said Judge Hollenback. "He did not lose
sight of the fact that he had promised to leave you out of his will
completely. This money is not yours. It is in your hands as trustee. Mr.
Dodge is wrong. Your grandfather was very deeply in earnest when he
authorised the drawing of this instrument. You will discover, on reading
it carefully and thoughtfully, that he does not give you the right to
divert any of this money to your own private uses, but clearly says that
it is to be employed, under your sole direction and as you see fit, for
the carrying out of your ideas along certain lines. He has left a letter
for you, Dr. Thorpe, which I have been privileged to read. You will find
it in this envelope. For the benefit of future beneficiaries under this
instrument, I may say that he expresses the hope and desire that you will
not permit the movement to languish after your death. In fact, he
expressly instructs you to establish during your life time a systematic
scheme of education by reason of which the world eventually may become
converted to the ideas which you promulgate and defend. He realised that
this cannot he brought about in one generation, nor in two, three or four.
Indeed, he ventures the opinion that two centuries may pass before this
sound and sensible theory of yours,--the words are his, not mine,--becomes a
reality. Two centuries, mind you. So, you will see, he does not expect you
to perform a miracle, Braden. You are to start the ball rolling, so to
speak, in a definite, well-supported groove, from which there can be no
deviation. By this will, you are to have free and unhampered use of a vast
sum of money. He does not bind you in any particular. So much for the
outward expression of the will. Inversely, however, as yo