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interested. I said to the last man who came to me with a bond to 

 sign : " If the great State of Ohio cannot trust you, or take the 

 risk of letting you handle her funds, don't ask me, a single indi- 

 vidual, to whom a loss of a thousand dollars would be severely 

 felt." I do not believe this is going back on friends, either. It 

 is right. Common practice has been wrong. It looks as though 

 most risk of this kind in the near future would be assumed by 

 large companies. Meanwhile, I will not " go security " for any 

 one, or ask them to do it for me. And I stood on the same plat- 

 form when much poorer than now, too, and I got along without 

 any indorser, but not quite soon enough to avoid some loss and 

 much worry. 



