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Bond, I came to him and ſhowed him the forged diſcharge, which ſilenced him ſo that I got up my bond without more ado. And when I heard of Robert Kennedy's death, with the ſame help of C———l, I got a Bill upon him for 190l, of which I got full and complete payment, C———l got the halſ. When I was at Dumfries the ſame day that Thomas Grier died, to whom I was owing an account of 361.C———l, my goodbrother, was then at London, and not being able of myſelf, being but a bad writer, to make out a diſcharge of the account, which I wanted exceedingly, I met accidentally with one Robert Boyd, a poor writer lad in Dumfries: I took him to Mrs Garnock's, and gave him a bottle of wine, and told him that I had paid Thomas Grier's account. but had neglected to get a diſcharge; and it he would help me to one I would reward him. He flew away from me in a great paſſion, ſaying, he would rather be hanged; but if I had a mind for theſe things I had better wait till C———l came home. This gave me great trouble, fearing what C———l and I had done formerly was no ſecret. I followed Boyd to the ſtreet and made an apology, ſaying. I was jeſting, commending him for his honeſty, and got his promiſe never to repeat what had paſſed. I ſent for my couin B———m H———rie, your good brother, who with no difficulty, for a guinea and a half undertook and performed all that I wanted, and for a guinea more made me up
