Son, and only child, of the late Claude Goldenheart, of Shedfield Heath, Buckinghamshire, England.

I have been brought up by the Primitive Christian Socialists, at Tadmor Community, State of Illinois.

I have inherited an income of five hundred a year.

And I am now, with the approval of the Community, going to London to see life." Mr.Hethcote received this copious flow of information, in some doubt whether he had been made the victim of coarse raillery, or whether he had merely heard a quaint statement of facts.
Claude-Amelius-Goldenheart saw that he had produced an unfavourable impression, and hastened to set himself right.
"Excuse me, sir," he said, "I am not making game of you, as you seem to suppose.

We are taught to be courteous to everybody, in our Community.
The truth is, there seems to be something odd about me (I'm sure I don't know what), which makes people whom I meet on my travels curious to know who I am.