"He gave me back the half-crown."
THE BOY TRAMP.
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Before we reached the next station, the old gentleman made several remarks about the condition of the crops, the beauty of the country, and the unusual quantity of rain that had recently fallen, and when presently the train stopped again, and the woman at the farther end of the compartment rose from her seat, he put out a hand to open the door, though he nodded without raising his hat when she turned to thank him from the platform.
'Now, I wonder,' he said, when we were on the way again, 'if you are able to oblige me?'
'How?' I asked.