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who had been breakfasting in the eating-room had left a newspaper behind. It was the 'X——shire Gazette,' and X——shire being a county not unknown to Mr Freely, he felt some curiosity to glance over it, and especially over the advertisements. A slight flush came over his face as he read. It was produced by the following announcement:—"If David Faux, son of Jonathan Faux, late of Gilsbrook, will apply at the office of Mr Strutt, attorney, of Rodham, he will hear of something to his advantage."

"Father's dead!" exclaimed Mr Freely, involuntarily. "Can he have left me a legacy?"