This money she added to a store contained in half-a-dozen large china punch-bowls, ranged upon the top shelf of an old bureau.

For many years she carried her savings about with her from town to town, sometimes retaining upon her person gold in rouleaux to a large amount.

She is even said to have kept in her pocket for seven years a note for L200.

At length her wealth became a positive embarrassment to her.

She deposited sums in country banks and in the hands of respectable tradesmen, at three per cent., sometimes without receiving any interest whatever, but merely with a view to the safer custody of her resources.