"Well I remember the time--it was on the day that Carter
Harrison's funeral went past the house, at 319 Washington
boulevard, where we were living at that time.
"'I met an old gentleman today who has lots of money,' Dora
said to me, as we looked out of the window.
"'It's funny how a man gets up in the world and then loses
it all when he's laid away in the narrow box,' I said,
keeping my eyes on the hearse.
"I was thinking, then, but not about what my wife said.
Afterward the words came to me, but I didn't realize the
meaning of her expression or what it had in store for me
then.