He said he would do it for a hundred dollars cash in advance.

So I steered for him up to St.Louis, borrowed the money from my brother-in-law and closed the bargain.

I had acquired this brother-in-law several years before.

This was Mr.William A.Moffett, a merchant, a Virginian--a fine man in every way.

He had married my sister Pamela, and the Samuel E.Moffett of whom I have been speaking was their son.