As for Tom, with just a little lump in his throat for the fine chum Bill always was—Tom couldn’t think what to say.

So, as Bill dragged out a cigarette, Tom said nothing.

And lit the cigarette with his life-saving lighter.

THE END

FOOTNOTE

[1]This is not impossible for a clever and adept person who has the strange ability to identify his mind with that of another, to “see his pictures,” as Cliff’s father explained it to Tom later.

Transcriber’s Notes