HOW I CAME TO WRITE A BOOK 3 



swore solemnly to myself to have done 

 with backing 'em for as long as I 

 breathed the breath of life. What a 

 career mine had been, too ! Surely I 

 ought to write a book, and Insert a few 

 experiences — a few of the things I had 

 seen and knew. 



"Tickets all ready" at the terminus 

 awoke me from the refreshing slumber 

 into which I had fallen, and, pulling 

 myself together, I remembered my re- 

 solve, which was fixed and sealed, and 

 from which nothing In the world should 

 ever turn me. I am Impulsive to the 

 last degree, and, candidly, I am not at 

 all sure the old adage as to second 

 thoughts proving the best has proved 

 true on the few occasions in which I 

 have brought It into play. Yes, acting 

 on the Impulse of the moment without 

 much consideration is useful sometimes, 



