Andthen，inthisDecemberoftheyear1910，fellasfromaclearskythelegacyofagrandson。FromSenorMiguelCarlosSperanzatheSnowshadhadnodirectword，hadreceivednothingsavethenewspaperclippingalreadymentioned。Olivehadneverseenhim。
herhusbandhadseenhimonlyontheoccasionofthememorableinterviewinthehotelroom。Theyneverspokeofhim，nevermentionedhimtoeachother。Occasionally，intheBostonnewspapers，hislikenessincostumehadappearedamidthemusicnotesortheatricaljottings。Butthesehadnotbeenasnumerousoflate。Ofhisson，theirowndaughter’schild，theyknewnothing。hemightbealiveorhemightbedead。SometimesOlivefoundherselfspeculatingconcerninghim，wonderingifhewasalive，andifheresembledJane。Butsheputthespeculationfromherthoughts。shecouldnotbeartobringbackmemoriesoftheoldhopesandtheirbitterending。SometimesCaptainLoteathisdeskintheofficeofZ。Snow&Co。，LumberandBuilders’Hardware，
caughthimselfdreamingofhisidolizeddaughterandthinkinghowdifferentthefuturemighthavebeenforhimhadshemarriedawhiteman，thekindofmanhehadmeantforhertomarry。Theremightbegrandchildrengrowingupnow，fineboysandgirls，tovisittheoldhomeatSouthHarniss。Ahhum！Well！……Labe，howlonghasthisbillofAbnerParker’sbeenhangin’on？Forthundersakes，whydon’thepayup？Hemustthinkwe’rerunnin’ameetin’-houseChristmastree。
Theletterfromthelawyerhadcomefirst。ItwaswritteninNewYork，wasaddressedtoCaptainLotusSnow，andbeganbytakingforgrantedthefactthattherecipientknewallaboutmattersofwhichheknewnothing。Speranzawasdead，somuchwasplain，andtheinferencewasthathehadbeenfatallyinjuredinanautomobileaccident，particularsofwhichyouhaveofcoursereadinthepapers。NeitherCaptainLotenorhiswifehadreadanythingofthekindinthepapers。Thecaptainhadbeenverybusyoflateandhadreadlittleexceptpoliticalnews，andMrs。Snowneverreadofmurdersandaccidents，theirdetailsatleast。Shelookedupfromtheletter，whichherhusbandhadhastenedhomefromtheofficetobringher，withastartledface。
Oh，Zelotes，shecried，he’sdead！