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put his head in a tent which he soon proceeded to 

 occupy. A friend for whom I had a great affec- 

 tion opened a deposit account in our office. 

 When the cashier advised me of a draft that over- 

 drew the account I told him to pay it, that my 

 friend would be sure to make good. With each 

 new draft that came in I repeated the authority, 

 until when first I gave serious attention to the 

 account the amount of the overdraft was appall- 

 ing. The only security I could get was the Sea 

 Island Cotton Company and when I tried with 

 more money to pull it through I found it too rot- 

 ten to hold together. 



My purchase of a castle is the story of a hoo- 

 doo. Beautifullv located on the east bank of the 

 Hudson at Tarrytown, I thought it then, as I 

 think it to-day, nearly half a century later, the 

 most attractive edifice on that historic stream. 

 It has been familiar for nearly a generation un- 

 der its title of "The Castle" to all readers of mag- 

 azines in this country. It ruined its builder and 

 was thereupon dubbed Herrick's Folly. It 

 passed to Dr. Maynard, inventor of the Maynard 



