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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 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
id: "Am ill unto death. Come." The call was imperative, and I lost no time in making ready to comply. Perhaps I may as well explain here that Olaf Jansen, a man who quite recently celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday, has for the last half-dozen years been living alone in an unpretentious bungalow out Glendale way, a short distance from the business district of Los Angeles, California. It was less than two years ago, while out walking one afternoon that I was attracted by Olaf Jansen's house and its homelike surroundings, 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 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. H SIMPLY SAID QUOTE AM ILL UNTO DEATH COME UNQUOTE THE CALL WAS IMPERATIVE AND I LOST NO TIME IN MAKING READY TO COMPLY PERHAPS I MAY AS WELL EXPLAIN HERE THAT OLF CHANSON A MAN WHO QUITE RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS NINETY FIFTH BIRTHDAY HAS FOR THE LAST HALF DOZEN YEARS BEEN LIVING ALONE IN AN UNPRETENTIOUS BUNGALOW OUT GLENDALE WAY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA IT WAS LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO WHILE OUT WALKING ONE AFTERNOON THAT I WAS ATTRACTED BY OLAF CHANSON'S HOUSE AND ITS HOMELIKE SURROUNDINGS 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
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