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One such incident is worth reciting. Before 

 I was fairly settled in my new home an old 

 friend from New York dropped in most unex- 

 pectedly. His conversation was casual and his 

 stay short, for he had to take the next train for 

 home, but as he was leaving he awkwardly thrust 

 into my hands a big roll of currency which rep- 

 resented all the savings he could lay his hands 

 upon. As he asked me to accept it as a favor to 

 himself there were tears in his voice and eyes, 

 and I am sure there were the same in mine as 

 I tried to explain how impossible it was for me 

 to accept anything but the affection that went 

 with the proffered gift. He owed me nothing, 

 our relations had been of pure friendship, and if 

 favors had been footed up a large balance would 

 have stood to his credit. Others remember 

 John Swinton as the brilliant journalist, long on 

 the editorial staff of the New York Times, later 

 managing editor of the Sun, and yet later when 

 driven by his love for humanity into Socialist 

 ranks he ran his own, John Swinton s Paper, but 

 I think of him as he left that little town, making 



