"I have still about fifteen dollars."
"After paying yourself for the last week?"
"Yes, sir. Can I do anything for you now?"
"Yes. I feel like taking a walk. That shows I am better. You may come with me, and if I tire myself, I will lean upon your arm in returning."
"With pleasure, sir. I am very glad that you feel better."
"After all," mused the old man, "it is pleasant to have human sympathy. I thought I was able to do without it, but I am more dependent than I supposed."
They walked for half an hour. When they returned to the cabin, the hermit said:
"To-morrow morning I expect a visitor from the city. I wish you to meet him at the train, and conduct him here. He is a small man, with a sharp look, and will probably be dressed in black. In fact, he is my man of business. You need say nothing of this, however, but let people conjecture as they will."
"And shall I speak of my arrangement with you, sir?"
"You may merely say that I have engaged you to do my errands. I shall not require you again to-day."