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It is a reasonable theory that every enius is two men, one

visible, one unseen and often unsuspected by his counterpart For who

has not felt the shadow's influence in dealing with such as have the

Spark? Napoleon spoke of stars, being Corsican and a mystic Those

who met him in his last days were uneasily conscious that the second

Bonaparte had died on the eve of Waterloo, leaving derelict his

brother, a stout and commonplace man as in turn sycophantic,

choleric, and pathetic, but never great

Noticeable is the influence of the Shadow in the process of

It is humanly impossible for some men to be fortunate

They , but if

they seek a shorter cut to opulence, be sure that short cut ends in a

cul-de-sac where sits a Bankruptcy Judge and a phalanx of stony-faced

creditors "Luck" is not for theement of life is taken froes the world to discover opportunities for

his partner

So it coustus

Tibbetts--or, as he was named, "Bones"--was one of these, to whom the

increments of life come miraculously They could come in no other way,

be he ever so learned and experienced