He said that he would have me arrested for fraud and put in the State Prison.

This treatment was rather hard towards a man who had never before been accused of dishonesty, and who had done business on a large scale with thousands of men for more than forty years.

He at one time requested me to borrow a note for him from one of my friends, which I did, and which he paid promptly when due.

He did this, as I now suppose, because the business was not in as good shape for him as it might be in another three months; so he wished me to get the favor renewed, which I did.

When it became due, he denied that it was a borrowed note, declared that I was owing him, and had handed this note to him as one that was good and would be paid.