During his stay in Washington, Ryder was out of work and money. Mrs. Madeleine Dahlgren introduced Ryder to editor Hudson of the "Capital" and he sold him a sketch for $5. Dahlgren also gave him a note to General Hagen, but it did no good. When he left Washington an old newspaper friend gave him money to go to Baltimore and letters to persons there by which he got a pass to Chicago. Ryder does not wish to dwell on the months of December and January because of the treatment he received from his wife. He never wishes to see her again. Hudson, Ryder's mother and Tooley and a friend in Boston are the only ones with whom he can communicate. He wishes to forget and be forgotten and if people will let him alone, he hopes to lead a respectable life. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.