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On this reasoning I drew near to the gallery door, and
had hardly got in position before the young man came
out. Thus it was that I came face to face with my
third destiny, for my career has been entirely shaped
by these three elements--my father, the capitol of
Muskegon, and my friend Jim Pinkerton. As for the
young lady, with whom my mind was at the moment chiefly
occupied, I was never to hear more of her from that day
forward--an excellent example of the Blind Man's Buff
that we call life.
CHAPTER III


TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON
THE stranger, I have said, was some years older than
myself: a man of a good stature, a very lively face,
cordial, agitated manners, and a grey eye as active as
a fowl's.
"May I have a word with you?" said I.
"My dear sir," he replied, "I don't know what it can be
about, but you may have a hundred if you like."
"You have just left the side of a young lady," I
continued, "towards whom I was led (very
unintentionally) into the appearance of an offence.


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