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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 heard of Robert Kennedy's death, with the same help of C———l, I got a bill upon him for £190 of which I got full and complete payment, C———l got the half. When I was at Dumfries, the same day that Thomas Grier died, to whom I was owing an account of £36, 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 if 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 cousin 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
