One winter morning Henry Clay, finding himself in need of money, went to the Riggs Bank and asked for the loan of $250 on his personal note. He was told that while his credit was perfectly good, it was the inflexible rule of the bank to require an indorser. The great statesman hunted up Daniel Webster and asked him to indorse the note.
"With pleasure," said Webster. "But I need some money myself. Why not make your note for five hundred, and you and I will split it?"
This they did. And to-day the note is in the Riggs Bank - unpaid.
