I can scarcely call him a friend, but I used to admire him greatly, and he is still an agreeable companion--a man at once capable, extravagant, entertaining, dissipated.

He is in a bad way, temporarily, and can scarcely afford even the bare necessities of life.

It is only with my help, in fact, that he maintains its luxuries.

Your money shall go to him, and with every dollar of it that he squanders, there shall arise an earnest orison to you." The jeweler was delighted.

"Good!" he cried.