Hestoppedtodinnerthatevening, and, muchtoRuth'ssatisfaction, , asubjectwhichMartinhadathisfinger-ends, , Martinwascompelledtotalkslowly, , nearlyayearbefore, , whowaspleasedathismanifestimprovement.

"HeisthefirstmanthateverdrewpassingnoticefromRuth," shetoldherhusband."ShehasbeensosingularlybackwardwheremenareconcernedthatIhavebeenworriedgreatly."

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"Youmeantousethisyoungsailortowakeherup?" hequestioned.

"ImeanthatsheisnottodieanoldmaidifIcanhelpit," wastheanswer."IfthisyoungEdencanarouseherinterestinmankindingeneral, itwillbeagoodthing."

"Averygoodthing," hecommented."Butsuppose,—andwemustsuppose, sometimes, mydear,—supposehearousesherinteresttooparticularlyinhim?"

"Impossible," ."Sheisthreeyearsolderthanhe, and, besides, ."

AndsoMartin'sr?lewasarrangedforhim, whilehe, ledonbyArthurandNorman, , whichdidnotinterestMartinuntilhelearnedthatRuth, too, , norownawheel, butifRuthrode, itwasuptohimtobegin, washisdecision; andwhenhesaidgoodnight, 'shard-earnedwages, anditreducedhisstockofmoneyamazingly; butwhenheaddedthehundreddollarshewastoreceivefromtheExaminertothefourhundredandtwentydollarsthatwastheleastTheYouth'sCompanioncouldpayhim, , inthecourseoflearningtoridethewheelhome, '-escapetotherearwallofthebuilding, andwhenhehadmovedhisbedoutfromthewall, foundtherewasjustspaceenoughinthesmallroomforhimselfandthewheel.