A shade, whose name was Failure, lived with him day by day, and spoke to him concerning the future as well as the past.

Debating much in his mind what he might do, fearing to make his plight worse by doing anything, he grew timid at the very thought of addressing Josephine.

Happily, there is something more merciful to a man than his own self--something which in his hour of need assists him, and that often very bountifully..