Mrs. Wallingford rose and went with her.
"It is so beautifully accordant with many things I have heard you
say," added my wife, as she took down the volume, and commenced
turning over its pages.
After reading a few sentences, and commenting upon them, some remark
directed the attention of Mrs. Wallingford to the antiquated
secretary, which was the one I had purchased when the furniture of
the Allen house was sold.
"I have reason to remember this old secretary," she said. "It was
here that the will was found which cut off our interest in the
estate of my uncle."
As she spoke in a pleasant way, she pulled out a drawer--the very
one which had suggested concealment, when I first got possession of
the piece of furniture--and said--
"This is where the will lay concealed."
And she pressed against the side firmly, when a portion of it
yielded, and there sprung up another drawer, or receptacle, placed
in vertically.
We were all very much interested in this curious arrangement. The
drawer could not be pulled out much beyond half its depth; the
secret portion lying within this limit.
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