. Ralph's scrap book . s gone up be\ond reclaim. I could get not a word from him until, as the hills ofSanta Barbara came in sight (pei-haps thinking himself nowtolerably safe) he pulled a [ilate triumphantly from hispocket and held it to the It was Tidds BrownMountain picture. Standing right abo\e him, with out-stretched arms, was a figure in white I The rest was The figiue, though verv intlistinct, was never-theless discernible. The train slowed up and we stood on the jjlatform. Inexchange for our checks the baggage-master gave me ourabandoned wheels. Tidd, I said,


. Ralph's scrap book . s gone up be\ond reclaim. I could get not a word from him until, as the hills ofSanta Barbara came in sight (pei-haps thinking himself nowtolerably safe) he pulled a [ilate triumphantly from hispocket and held it to the It was Tidds BrownMountain picture. Standing right abo\e him, with out-stretched arms, was a figure in white I The rest was The figiue, though verv intlistinct, was never-theless discernible. The train slowed up and we stood on the jjlatform. Inexchange for our checks the baggage-master gave me ourabandoned wheels. Tidd, I said, between laughter anil anger, youre an aggravated case (.)f chump. That [ilate — that warning of yours that has spoiled the trip — is one that I accidentally pulled out while I was cleaning my wheel the evening we iSi were at Camulos. A part of the cotton stuck to it, and byshutting off the weak evening hght made that strange had meant to tell you that the plate was Tidd is still THE SAN FERNANDO CLOISTERS 1S2 HUMOR AND PATHOS


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