A small boy.

His shadow must have been very small at that time; he thought with a smile that he was not aware then he had anything--even a shadow--which he dared call his own.

And now he was looking at the shadow of the confidential clerk of Hudig & Co.

going home.

How glorious! How good was life for those that were on the winning side! He had won the game of life; also the game of billiards.