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 he set it down quick, and he hadn't quite stopped going, and his feet and knees got tangled up in it;—but he wasn't cross about it at all. He said it was good for his muscles.

"We had to walk almost three blocks after we got off of the car, and then was when things got strenuous. He set it down every ten steps, so that he could point out buildings and statues to me. Some of the things I couldn't see, because they were around the corner or across the block; but they were somewhere near, and he wanted to tell me about them. And when we weren't stopping, he changed hands so often that I felt as if I were walking with a physical culture person, who was swinging Indian clubs. He really got quite a swing on it after a while, especially when he had put his handkerchief over the handle, so as to get a better grip. I was rather glad when we reached the hotel, though.

"It was all right after I got it to my room and into my clothes-press. It's a perfectly good travelling-case,—when it isn't travelling.

"When Father came, I told him my tale of woe, and it was worth all of my troubles, just to hear him laugh. 'What are you thinking