The Road to Dumbiedykes 



graceful front. He did not even have 

 the melancholy satisfaction of occupy- 

 ing it alone. In order that a little 

 more might be saved out of a $io 

 weekly wage, he divided both room 

 and rent with a fellow-boarder who 

 was in a somewhat similar predica- 

 ment. This f. b., by the way, is now 

 a man whose name is often seen and 

 heard these days in connection with 

 important local and national affairs, 

 and the old partnership on Michigan 

 Avenue is not infrequently recalled 

 when these men meet. 



The boy had left behind him in the 

 country, among other things, a pony 

 and a dog. Naturally there was no 

 place for such impedimenta in that 

 upper hallway. Now, parting with 

 a pony that you have petted and fed 

 for years is no joking matter. To- 

 gether this particular pair of which I 

 speak had explored every roadway for 

 miles around. Together they had 

 galloped up and down the pastures 



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