But she married a man well-to-do, and was left a widder with no children.

And when she died t'other day, she'd left me something in her will, and told the lawyers to advertise over here, in Canada and the States--both.

And I happened on the advertisement in a Chicago paper.

Told yer to call on Smith & Dawkins, Winnipeg.

So that was how I came to see Winnipeg again." "When were you there ?" "Just when you was," said the old man, with a triumphant look, which for the moment effaced the squalor of his aspect.