He made out and signed his personal note, payable to the Akrae Company, for every cent he had misappropriated.

And we found that note in his safe after his death.
That was what first aroused our suspicions.

_Now_, Captain Warren, do you understand ?" Captain Elisha did not understand, that was evident.

His look of wondering amazement traveled from one face to the others about the table.
"A _note_!" he repeated.

"'Bije put his _note_ in the safe?
A note promisin' to pay all he'd stole! And left it there where it could be found?
Why, that's pretty nigh unbelievable, Mr.Sylvester! He might just as well have confessed his crookedness and be done with it." "Yes.