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Miles returned from the West three days before Christmas, alighting at the Grand Central Station at the beginning of a dull, muggy afternoon. He had himself conveyed, bag and baggage, to Hunter Brough's apartment. The artist, he was informed, was out of town for the day, but would be back in time for dinner, and had left word that Mr. Fallon was to take possession of his usual room and make himself at home. This Miles proceeded to do. After a bath, to eradicate the grime of a four days' railway journey, he unpacked his trunk, dressed, and then settled down with