"It contains a libel!" "And for whose benefit, Sir Joseph ?" I quietly inquired.

"With or without the will my title to my father's assets would seem to be equally valid." This was so evidently true that the more prudent retired in silence; and even Sir Joseph after a short delay, during which he appeared to be strangely agitated, withdrew.

The next week his failure was announced, in consequence of some extravagant risks on 'Change, and eventually I received but three shillings and fourpence in the pound for my bond of sixty-three thousand.
When the money was paid I could not help exclaiming mentally, "Property is in danger!" The following morning Sir Joseph Job balanced his account with the world by cutting his throat..