I was with him at Cambridge.

He promised well, but I'm afraid one must admit that he's failed--he would never stick to anything.'" Now this was so exactly what Mr.Lasher had, on several occasions, said about his friend that he was really for the moment at a loss.

He pulled at his pipe, looked very grave, and then said: "My dear Pidgen, you must remember our lives have followed such different courses.

I can only give you my point of view.

I don't myself care greatly for romances--fairy tales and so on.