I owe her a small balance and must see her once more before I leave.

Now go home and get to bed; you have been losing too much sleep of late." And yet he was not cast down, nor did his courage fail him.

Long before the darky's obedient figure had disappeared his natural buoyancy had again asserted itself--or perhaps the philosophy which always sustains a true gentleman in his hour of need had come to his assistance.

He fully realized what this last cowardly blow meant.

One after another his several belongings had vanished: his priceless family heirlooms; his dogs; and now the home of his ancestors.