So much confidence had he in this man's honor, that he did not even require a receipt.

One additional safeguard he had, however.

This was the evidence of the lawyer's clerk, who was present on the occasion of the deposit.
"My father went to the West Indies, but the change seemed only to accelerate the progress of his malady.

He lingered for a few months and then died.

Before his death he wrote two letters, one to my uncle and one to myself.