But the forty dollars won in the first contest he never received.
Driven to shifts in order to see Ruth, and deciding that the long walk from north Oakland to her house and back again consumed too much time, he kept his black suit in pawn in place of his bicycle.

The latter gave him exercise, saved him hours of time for work, and enabled him to see Ruth just the same.

A pair of knee duck trousers and an old sweater made him a presentable wheel costume, so that he could go with Ruth on afternoon rides.

Besides, he no longer had opportunity to see much of her in her own home, where Mrs.Morse was thoroughly prosecuting her campaign of entertainment.

The exalted beings he met there, and to whom he had looked up but a short time before, now bored him.