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sisted in remaining on the platform with the conductor or 
driver, at the imminent risk of freezing his ears and nose, 
until he was fairly driven within-doors. 
Down town he behaved still more queerly, leaving the 
office long before dark, and being discovered in the oddest 
places imaginable ; now diving into narrow courts and 
up steep staircases, now plunging into alleyways and no 
thoroughfares ; and returning home late to dinner, greatly 
exhausted, with little or no money in his pockets. In 
these days, too, he began to talk about the sufferings of 
the poor, the abuses of the liquor law, the need of strong, 
pure women to go among the outcasts of our great, trou- 
bled city and perform Christ-like deeds. 
One bitter cold night he was much later than usual. 
It had been snowing heavily, and his wife had begun to 
worry a little over the absence of her husband, when she 
heard the click of his key in the front door. When Mr. 
Broadstreet entered, sprinkled with snow from head to 
foot, what was her amazement to see him standing there 
with fur cap and gloves, and a glowing face, but no 
ulster ! 
" Alonzo ! Alonzo ! " she cried, from the head of the 
stairs, " what will you forget next ? Where have you 
left it?" 
"Why," said he, simply, "I've found the Discouraged 
Man. And the doctor says she'll get well." 
