Yes, he said, he'd done very nicely--and then he gave me a quiet dig in the ribs.

'I'll tell you one thing I've done, Harker,' he said.

'You were very polite and considerate to me when I'd my trouble, so I don't mind telling you.

I paid the bank every penny of that money they lost through my foolishness at that time--every penny, four years ago, with interest, and I've got their receipt.' 'Delighted to hear it, Mr .-- Is it the same name still ?' I said.

'My name ever since I left England,' he said, giving me a look, 'is Braden--John Braden.' 'Yes,' he went on, 'I paid 'em--though I never had one penny of the money I was fool enough to take for the time being--not one halfpenny!' 'Who had it, Mr.Braden ?' I asked him, thinking that he'd perhaps tell after all that time.