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wife, standing by the door, said to her husband: "If he were a decent man he would not be naked, for he is without even a shirt. If you were a good and proper husband you would tell me where you found such a specimen of humanity."

"Yes," said Simeon, at last getting a chance to speak; "I am about to tell you how, in passing the chapel, I found him sitting naked and frozen almost to death. You see, it is not summer, when one can go without clothing (if forced to do so) and not suffer. God must have sent me to him, for otherwise he would have perished. However, when I first saw him, I was in doubt as to what I should do with him. But, considering the many strange things which happen to men nowadays, I took him and brought