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I encouraged him to talk, and soon gathered that he had resided only six or seven years in Southern California, but had passed the dozen years prior in one of the middle Eastern states. I ENCOURAGED HIM TO TALK AND SOON GATHERED THAT HE HAD RESIDED ONLY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT HAD PASSED A DOZEN YEARS PRIOR IN ONE OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN STATES
 owner and occupant, whom I afterward came to know as a believer in the ancient worship of Odin and Thor. There was a gentleness in his face, and a kindly expression in the keenly alert gray eyes of this man who had lived more than four-score years and ten; and, withal, a sense of loneliness that appealed to my sympathy. Slightly stooped, and with his hands clasped behind him, he walked back and forth with slow and measured tread, that day when first we met. I can hardly say what particular motive impelled me to pause in my walk and engage him in conversation. He seemed pleased when I complimented him on the attractiveness of his bungalow, and on the well-tended vines and flowers clustering in profusion over its windows, roof and wide piazza. I soon discovered that my new acquaintance was no ordinary person, but one profound and learned to a remarkable degree; a man who, in the later years of his long life, had dug deeply into books and become strong in the power of meditative silence. URROUNDINGS TOWARD ITS OWNER AND OCCUPANT WHOM I AFTERWARD CAME TO KNOW AS A BELIEVER IN THE ANCIENT WORSHIP OF ODIN AND THOR THERE WAS A GENTLENESS IN HIS FACE AND A KINDLY EXPRESSION IN THE KEENLY ALERT GREY EYES OF THIS MAN WHO HAD LIVED MORE THAN FOURSCORE YEARS AND TEN AND WITHAL A SENSE OF LONELINESS THAT APPEALED TO MY SYMPATHY SLIGHTLY STOOPED AND WITH HIS HANDS CLASPED BEHIND HIM HE WALKED BACK AND FORTH WITH SLOW AND MEASURED TREAD THAT DAY WHEN FIRST WE MET I CAN HARDLY SAY WHAT PARTICULAR MOTIVE IMPELLED ME TO PAUSE IN MY WALK AND ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATION HE SEEMED PLEASED WHEN I COMPLIMENTED HIM ON THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF HIS BUNGALOW AND ON THE WELL TENDED VINES AND FLOWERS CLUTTERING THE PROFUSION OVER ITS WINDOWS ROOF AND WHITE PIAZZA I SOON DISCOVERED THAT MY NEW ACQUAINTANCE WAS NO ORDINARY PERSON BUT ONE PROFOUND AND LEARNED TO A REMARKABLE DEGREE A MAN WHO IN THE LATER YEARS OF HIS LONG LIFE HAD DUG DEEPLY INTO BOOKS AND BECOME STRONG IN THE POWER OF MEDITATIVE SILENCE
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