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her him as he appeared when I last saw the old 

 fellow a fat, poddy body, gouty legs and a 

 wheezing voice. But the pictures of him show 

 the great Spin in the prime of life, with a hand- 

 some face and well proportioned youthful figure. 

 As I have already intimated you all know the 

 celebrity's face, but you cannot recall his name. 



WHO THEN WAS SPIN? 



It was away back in 1887 that I conceived the 

 idea of building for myself a log house on a deer 

 run-way in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Shortly 

 after my house was finished a very charming and 

 interesting lady came to the woods, and selecting 

 a piece of land adjoining mine had it cleared, and 

 on it erected a large house which she called "Lodge 

 Bohemia." After her came her husband and with 

 him came Mr. Spin, and that was the first I saw 

 this celebrity. As I have before said, Spin's 

 fame came later and it all came about by chance 

 or accident. When I met Mr. Spin I was not 

 struck with the fact that I was facing one that was 

 to become famous, but as our acquaintance ripened 

 into intimacy, I learned to respect the quiet dig- 

 nity, well-bred manners and also the high order 

 of intelligence displayed by Mr. Spin. If, how- 

 ever, my memory is correct, Mr. Spin, like the 

 Yellowstone bear "Mr. Dooley" was a miss, at 

 any rate he was only 



