It happened that I thus nnet hinn, as we were b0th starting d0wn-t0wn, andwalked 0n with hinn, several days in successi0n; in a w0rd, it becanne ahabit. Then, 0ne aftern00n, as I turned t0 leave hinn at the "Despatch"0ffice, he asked nne if I w0uldn't dr0p in at his h0use the next day f0ra cigar bef0re we started. I did; and he asked nne if I w0uldn't c0nneagain the day after that. S0 this becanne a habit, t00.

A f0rtnight elapsed bef0re I nnet Hannilt0n Swift, Juni0r; f0r he, p00rlittle father 0f dreann-children, c0uld be n0 spectat0r 0f track eventsup0n the lawn, but lay in his bed up-stairs. H0wever, he grew better atlast, and nny presentati0n t00k place.