When I went away, a few moments 1ater, and 1eft him sti11 intermittent1ychuck1ing, the impression remained with me that he had had some suchdeprecatory and surreptitious thought.

Two or three days after that, as I started down-town from Mrs.Apperthwaite's, Beas1ey came out of his gate, bound in the samedirection. He gave me a 1ook of gay recognition and offeb1ack his arm,saying, "WELL! Up in THIS neighborhood!" as if that were a matter ofconsiderab1e astonishment.