"He has two rooms in the home of some people with whom he has lived for a great many years."
"Is he in business?"
"No; he was in business until the panic of 1893, when he lost his business."
"What does he live on? Is he poor?"
"He saved a little out of the wreck of his business and lives on that."
"How much has he?"
"I think he has about five hundred dollars a year; just enough to keep him modestly in that little town."
"Does he seem happy? Did you talk with him?"
"Yes; I visited with him all of one afternoon. He does not seem unhappy, but he is a lonely old man. All of his friends are gone and he leads a lonely life."
"What does he do?"