Old Carns, dying, tells his young wife that he wants her to send for his lawyer. She asks why. He tells her that he wants to alter his will. She is furious, as she had expected to get it all. She does not want to send for the lawyer, but ...See moreOld Carns, dying, tells his young wife that he wants her to send for his lawyer. She asks why. He tells her that he wants to alter his will. She is furious, as she had expected to get it all. She does not want to send for the lawyer, but he insists. The lawyer arrives. Carns tells him that he wishes to make a will, leaving half his money to a man called Clark, as he did Clark's father a great wrong. The wife, listening, makes a note of the address, and after the lawyer has gone she wires to a pal called Davidson, to go to No. 3 Green Street, and prevent, if possible, Clark getting there before the old man dies. Clark gets the lawyer's message and at once starts off. Shortly afterward Davidson arrives at his home and discovers that he has gone. He follows. He manages to get Clark's train and make his acquaintance. The train becomes snowbound. Clark decides to walk. Davidson accompanies him. They push their way through the snow. All the time Davidson is doing his best to keep Clark back. He manages to throw him down a cliff and then steal his papers of identification. In the meantime the doctor has told the wife that the end is near. When Davidson arrives the wife gets him to pose as Clark, As the old man has never seen him, and as he has the papers of identification, he is satisfied and sends tor the lawyer. But Clark arrives in the nick of time; the wife and her pal are turned out. Written by
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