But to come nearer, my friends, hear what I have done.

By careless spendthrift ways I had wasted my money so that I had not sufficient to send my son to college.

This galled my pride, and I stole from my son-in-law's drawer the sum of 40 pounds which I knew he had placed there.

I was too proud to borrow from a Methodist preacher the money I required to get my son into the Church.

When the theft was discovered," and the old man held up his finger to enforce his words--"are you listening ?--when the theft was discovered I tried at first to throw the blame upon a member of this congregation, whom, of course, I knew to be innocent; later on, when circumstances seemed to point more directly to my dear eldest son, I gladly let the suspicion rest upon him, and I did everything in my power to give colour to the idea of his guilt.