They recalled it
perfectly. It was from then that Frank's manner began to change.
"Well," Frank went on, "that letter gave me the first clue. It was from a
firm of lawyers, Wright & Johnson, of New York. They said they were
trustees for some property that was owned by a man named Roscoe and that
they could not find him or his heirs. They wrote to me, asking if, by any
chance, I might be interested in it. I did not want to say anything to
you boys, for I could not tell how it would turn out. I went to Judge
Benton with the letter, and he wrote me one to send to the lawyers. But I
did not hear from them again for a long time, and I felt that there had
been a mistake made.
"Later on I got another letter from them. They said they had been
investigating and had learned that James Roscoe, the name of the man who
owned the property, had been heard from, but that he was insane, and was
in the custody of some unscrupulous men, who were not treating him
properly. The law firm said they understood that Mr. Roscoe was not
altogether insane, but that his mind was affected by the treatment he
received at the hands of the men.
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