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"Yes, and that may explain the reason we never had any reply to our
widely circulated advertisements for his relatives," added Mrs.
Brewster.
"If Montresor really was related to this young man, father, he surely
would have said something when Mr. Simms mentioned the resemblance, and
asked the stranger if he knew of a relative being in Colorado," said
Polly.
"Montresor had white hair, it is true, but that did not say that he was
an old man. He was prematurely wrinkled from worry and hardships, but
he was not much more than forty, I should say," ventured Mr. Brewster.
"What are you leading up to, Sam?" asked Mrs. Brewster.
"I was just thinking, aloud, that Montresor could have had a son as
old, or as young, as this Kenneth Evans. If he had gone to the
Klondike, as we believed, the boy would have been too young to remember
his dad very distinctly. Who knows what drove Old Montresor away from
home, to seek adventure or gold so far north as in the Klondike? He and
his wife may have separated through some misunderstanding such as that
letter would lead us to infer, and his eastern relatives may have kept
all facts or news of him from this boy. The poor man's pride and
determination to prove himself innocent of some wrong kept him from
communicating with his people; we know that from his own letter. So I
would not be greatly surprised if we eventually learn that Kenneth
Evans is really a son of Montresor's.
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