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It was a roomy apartment, yet every avail- 
able space was utilized with tact and neatness 
that impressed one with its orderly, yet cosy 
arrangements. All its furnishings gave evi- 
dence of the refined nature of its intellectual 
tenant. Several neat book-shelves securely 
fastened to the walls of two sides of the room 
showed by their well arranged contents, the 
literary tastes of my hermit friend. Science, 
history, philosophy, biography, poetry and the 
higher class prose, were all well represented to 
succor the mental and emotional cravings of 
their favored student. Quite a variety of late 
editions of newspapers and periodicals showed 
that my host kept abreast of the times, and was 
fully acquainted with the doings and the pre- 
vailing sentiments of the outside world. I was 
especially pleased with the numerous speci- 
mens of Nature’s wonders, neatly arranged in 
a commodious cabinet that occupied one side 
of the “den.” This proof that my new friend 
was assuredly an ardent student of Nature, as- 
complished much toward strengthening the es- 
teem I already entertained for him; as I real- 
ized that he was a co-worker with me among 
the inexhaustible riches of Nature’s extensive 
realms. Birds, reptiles, fishes, crustaceans, in- 
sects, etc. in interesting variety and careful 
preparation composed this treasury of science, 
In one corner of the room, there was placed an 
oak stand on which rested a costly microscope 3 
while near at hand stood a neat cabinet con- 
