I might ask Mr.Keep to put off the payment of the note, or I might borrow the money of somebody else to pay him, or I might sell some of my other stock.

I could do any of these things well enough, but it would perhaps cause me some trouble and anxiety." "Then I would not take the money," said Mary Erskine.

"I don't like anxiety.

I can bear any thing else better than anxiety." "However, I don't know any thing about it," continued Mary Erskine, after a short pause.

"You can judge best." They conversed on the subject some time longer, Albert being quite at a loss to know what it was best to do.