" 'Hello!' said he hesitatingly.

" 'Hello!' returned Tubbs disconsolately.

" 'Would you like to enter into a business engagement with me?'

" 'Of what sort?' asked Tubbs, brightening up.

" 'To be exhibited,' was the reply. 'You're the largest man living in the world. We could make a pretty penny together.'

"Tubbs was glad enough to accept this proposition, which came to him like a plank to a drowning man. Accordingly an agreement was made that, after deducting expenses, he should share profits with the manager.

"It proved to be a great success. From all quarters people flocked to see the great prodigy, the wonder of the world, as he was described in huge posters. Scientific men wrote learned papers in which they strove to explain his extraordinary height, and, as might be expected, no two assigned the same cause.

"At the end of six months Tubbs had five thousand dollars as his share of the profits. But after all he was far from happy. He missed the society of his wife and children, and shed many tears over his separation from them.