But here he was with law enough for a life-time, and all for doing a kindness for people he thought honest.

He saw Chapman's finger at the bottom of the transaction, but the more he pondered over his troubles the more his mind got bewildered.

He knew that before a court his simple story would weigh as nothing against the proof they could bring that he had been associated in some suspicious way with all the circumstances which led to the formation of the great Kidd Discovery Company.

There, too, was a paper, bearing his own signature, and indeed a confession of guilt.
In the midst of his grief it occurred to Hanz that a man who had invented so many religions must be something of a Christian, so he resolved to see him face to face, and have an honest talk with him.

To that end he persuaded Critchel, who was his friend and adviser always, to bear him company into the city.