He had come from Lucerne only about six months before, to work for the baker, whose wife was his cousin.

A shoemaker's boy from Uri lived near by, and a porter at the "Bunch of Grapes" came from Schwyz.

Then there was the great factory down by the canal, which belonged to some Swiss gentlemen.

He carried bread there every day, and had often seen two boys playing ball in the garden, but they had never spoken to him.

Oscar was well pleased with this information.