NOTE TO THE READER 



The events herein recorded really 

 happened, although some latitude 

 has been taken as to time and place ; 

 and one experience may seem to fol- 

 low fast upon another, because, nec- 

 essarily, the best of all has been 

 omitted the glorious succession of 

 eventless days when one was content 

 to be alive and carefree. 



G. G. S. 



Cos Cob, Conn., 1907 



