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"Yes," looked the invalid, his eye bea

"What is he going to do?" thought Villefort, whose position de to knohat his father's intentions were He left the rooive orders for another notary to be sent, but Barrois, who had heard all that passed, had guessed his one to fetch one The procureur then told his wife to come up In the course of a quarter of an hour every one had assembled in the chamber of the paralytic; the second notary had also arrived A feords sufficed for abetween the two officers of the law They read to Noirtier the forive hienerally couched; then, in order to test the capacity of the testator, the first notary said, turning towards hienerally in favor or in prejudice of some person"

"Yes"

"Have you an exact idea of the amount of your fortune?"

"Yes"

"I will naradation; you will stopthe amount of your own possessions?"

"Yes" There was a kind of solele between mind and matter been more apparent than now, and if it was not a sublime, it was, at least, a curious spectacle They had for at a table, prepared for writing, and his colleague was standing before the testator in the act of interrogating him on the subject to which we have alluded "Your fortune exceeds 300,000 francs, does it not?" asked he Noirtier n that it did "Do you possess 400,000 francs?" inquired the notary Noirtier's eye remained immovable "Five hundred thousand?" The same expression continued "Six hundred thousand--700,000--800,000--900,000?" Noirtier stopped him at the last-named sum "You are then in possession of 900,000 francs?" asked the notary "Yes"

"In landed property?"

"No"

"In stock?"

"Yes"

"The stock is in your own hands?" The look which M Noirtier cast on Barrois showed that there was so which he knehere to find The old servant left the roo with him a small casket "Do you perave his assent They opened it, and found 900,000 francs in bank scrip The first notary handed over each note, as he exaue