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THE HOUSE OF INTRIGUE
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ed?" inquired Theobald Scripps, with condoning wags of the head. And he stood with pen poised, as though ready for dictation.
I gave it to them, straight off the bat.
"I give and bequeath," I whispered, "give and bequeath to Wendy Gruger Washburn, of the City of New York, State of New York, the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars"—here old Ezra Bartlett emitted a low but funereal groan—"to be paid to him in cash out of my estate prior to all other claims."
