graveyard. He knew me, although it was more than nine years since

we had met; and when I told him that I had been long upon a walking

tour, and was behind with the news, readily lent me an armful of

newspapers, dating from a month back to the day before. With these

I sought the tavern, and, ordering some breakfast, sat down to

study the "Huddlestone Failure."

It had been, it appeared, a very flagrant case. Thousands of

persons were reduced to poverty; and one in particular had blown