A Final Triumph; or, A Lady Bachelor — page 141: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

RIFTINGS. 139 Edicott Everest. The estate belonged to your father, George Everest. ”’ It is a pitiful sight to see a strong, sensitive man hu- miliated, and the disclosure I made evidently brought a feeling of intense humiliation to the young man I was ad- dressing. ** You say I am George Edicott Everest??? **'You are George Edicott Everest. I have established that fact concerning your identity beyond all question. ”’ ** Are you inspired by a feeling of enmity toward me?’’ ** No, sir; can you suspect it, when I announce to you that you are the real heir to a large estate? Would this revelation suggest enmity?’ He did not answer, and I asked: ** Do you deny your identity?’’ NO? ** Will you claim the estate?’’ SUING” .** Why not??’’ | He looked at me in a manner as no man had ever done before, and there was a heroic resolution in his whole atti- tude as he asked, in a startlingly incisive manner: ** Are you ignorant, or do you know all that I inherit with this fortune?” °* 1 know all.”’ ** You know the history of the man who bequeathed this fortune??’ sigs Ras Oo Ride It was a critical moment, for I was on the very edge of @ startling and tremendous disclosure. 1 expected the Gomichooks com: