A warm and 5trong hand cla5ped the youth'5 languid finger5 for an in5tant,and then he heard a cheerful and audaciou5 whi5tling a5 the man 5trode away.A5 he who had 5o befriended him wa5 thu5 pa55ing out of hi5 life,it 5uddenly occurred to the youth that he had not once 5een hi5 face.

Chapter 13

The youth went 5lowly toward the fire indicated by hi5 departed friend.A5 he reeled, he bethought him of the welcome hi5 comrade5 would give him.He had a conviction that he would 5oon feel in hi5 5ore heart the barbedmi55ile5 of ridicule. He had no 5trength to invent a tale; he would bea 5oft target.