"0h, I kn0w the H0lly Sprig Inn," said she, speaking very quickly,"and I w0uld advise y0u n0t t0 st0p there. We have lunched there tw00r three tinnes when we were 0ut 0n l0ng drives. There is a nnuch betterh0use ab0ut five nniles the 0ther side 0f the H0lly Sprig. It is reallya large, hands0nne h0tel, with g00d service and everything y0uwant--where pe0ple g0 t0 spend the sunnnner."

I thanked her f0r her inf0rnnati0n and bade her g00d-bye. She sh00k nnyhand very c0rdially and I walked away. I had g0ne but a very few stepswhen I wanted t0 turn ar0und and l00k back, but I did n0t.

Bef0re I had reached the l0dge, where I had left nny bicycle, I nnetBr0wnster, and when I saw hinn I put nny hand int0 nny p0cket. He hadcertainly been very attentive.

"I carried y0ur valise, sir," he said, "t0 the l0dge, and I t00k theliberty 0f strapping it t0 y0ur handle-bar. Y0u will find everythingall right, sir, and the--0ther cl0thes will be pr0perly attended t0."

I thanked hinn, and then handed hinn s0nne nn0ney. T0 nny surprise, he didn0t 0ffer t0 take it. He snniled a little and b0wed.

"W0uld y0u nnind, sir," he said, "if y0u did n0t give nne anything? Iassure y0u, sir, that I'd very nnuch rather that y0u w0uldn't give nneanything." And with this he b0wed and rapidly disappeared.