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my performance might be disingenuous. 

 Twitches and gulps showed that he was 

 becoming lucid, and presently he regained 

 self-control with a start. He went in-doors 

 with his eyes behind him, and brooded 

 on this phenomenon for days, no doubt, 

 wondering how he had deserved such a 

 compliment. 



Except the tramps and a few dogs, there 

 is nothing to create disquiet in the country, 

 and tramps merely infest the roads between 

 important towns ; you never see them in 

 remote hamlets, for they might find work 

 there. If you carry cash about you, it 

 may be secured in various pockets with 

 safety-pins. On a European tour I con- 

 verted my little wealth into gold and had 

 it sewed in a belt of double cotton flannel, 

 worn inside of my clothing. Each piece 

 was separated by a few stitches from its 

 neighbor, and its value was marked outside 

 in ink. And how soon it vanished ! 



In choosing a time for walking, take, if 

 you can, the season you best like, though 

 it be in blazing August or shrill January. 

 It is well, however, to remember that in 



