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THAT IS TO SAY,

THE CHARITY.

YOUR HONOR, IT'S I WHO REPRESEN THAT WORTHY INSTITUTION.

WELL, MR. WHEELER,

AS THE COUNSEL,

CAN YOU TELL ME SOMETHING

ABOUT WHAT THIS CHARITY IS

WHICH IS FIGHTING

FOR THIS FRENCH WILL?

IT'S A SETTLEMENT HOUSE

FOR WORKING BOYS-

THE THIRD AVENUE

NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB.

MY LEARNED OPPONENT HERE

HAS BEEN TRYING TO PROVE

THAT PENN GAYLORD WAS

SHELL-SHOCKED AND OUT OF HIS MIND

WHEN HE MADE:

THE FRENCH WILL,

WHILE I CONTEND THAT PENN

GAYLORD HAD AT THAT TIME

A CLEARER VISION AND A BETTER

UNDERSTANDING OF HIS FELLOW MEN

THAN HE HAD:

EVER HAD BEFORE.

THANK YOU, MR. WHEELER.

CONTINUE, MR. GIBBON.

WITH THE ESTATE TIED UP BY THIS CONTEST,

THE 3 LITTLE GAYLORD ORPHANS

DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY,

SO WE HAD TO MAKE APPEALS FOR ALLOWANCES

TO ENABLE THE ORPHANS TO

FIGHT THIS FRENCH WILL,

WHICH WE CLAIMED- AND

STILL CLAIM- IS INVALID.

WE LOST TWO YEARS IN JUS GETTING THE GUARDIANS APPOINTED

AND THESE ALLOWANCES

APPROVED.

AND ARE THESE:

THE 3 LITTLE ORPHANS?

YES, YOUR HONOR.

MISS FIONA GAYLORD...

LADY BURTON,

EVELYN GAYLORD...

MISS SUSANNA GAYLORD.

3 LITTLE KITTENS WHO LOST THEIR MITTENS.

AND NOW, MR. GIBBON,

WHO HAS BEEN:

ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE

ALL THESE YEARS?

MR. VAN RENNSAELER,

UNTIL HIS DEATH,

WHEN I BECAME TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR.

WHAT HAPPENED:

AFTER THAT?

THIS SECOND WILL, HAVING

BEEN EXECUTED IN FRANCE,

WE HAD TO SEND:

ATTORNEYS TO FRANCE

TO TAKE DEPOSITIONS

AND EXAMINE WITNESSES.

TWO YEARS WERE LOS IN THAT.

WELL, THEN

WHAT HAPPENED?

ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES, YOUR

HONOR, WAS WHETHER THE FRENCH WILL

SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AND PROVEN IN

ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF FRANCE

OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH

THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.

THE SURROGATE RULED THA THE FRENCH LAWS SHOULD APPLY,

BUT THE COURT OF APPEALS

OVERRULED HIS DECISION.

AND HOW LONG:

DID THAT TAKE?

ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

AND AFTER THE TRIAL COUR WAS REVERSED,

ALL THAT TESTIMONY WHICH

HERETOFORE HAD BEEN TAKEN IN FRANCE

BECAME WORTHLESS

TO EITHER SIDE.

AGAIN WE HAD TO ISSUE

DEPOSITIONS, APPOINT ATTORNEYS,

FIND THOSE WITNESSES,

START ALL OVER AGAIN.

GRANTING ALL THAT,

WHAT HELD YOU UP

THIS TIME?

WHEN WE GO TO FRANCE, YOUR HONOR,

WE DISCOVERED THAT TWO

OF OUR PRINCIPAL WITNESSES

HAD SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED.

THEY WERE ENGINEERS AND WERE

SURVEYING IN THE AFRICAN CONGO.

BY THE TIME:

THEY CAME BACK-

ANOTHER YEAR.

YES, YOUR HONOR, ANOTHER YEAR.

AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS

OCCASION TO TELL YOUR HONOR

THAT THERE WAS NOT A MOMENT'S

DELAY THAT COULD BE AT ANY TIME

ASCRIBED TO ANY DILATORY

TACTICS ON MY PART!

I WASN'T IMPLYING

THAT, MR. GIBBON.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

AND THEN,

JUST AS WE WERE ABOU TO HAVE THE WILL

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