He seemed reluctant to put away the picture, held it for another minute, lingeringly, before my eyes. Then he returned the wallet and pulled from his pocket a ragged old copy of a book called “Hopalong Cassidy.”

“Look here, this is a book he had when he was a boy. It just shows you.”

He opened it at the back cover and turned it around for me to see. On the last fly-leaf was printed the word SCHEDULE, and the date September 12th, 1906. And underneath:

Rise from bed � � � � � . 6.00 A.M.

Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling � � 6.15-6.30 “

Study electricity, etc � � � � 7.15-8.15 “

Work � � � � � � � 8.30-4.30 P.M.