it,
so we had a systematic search made of all the houses, and the guilty
man was convicted on evidence discovered under the floor of his
sitting-room. The fine of fifty dollars he paid without a murmur and
it was promptly divided between the Government and the prosecutor. It
so happened, however, that he had obtained from us for a close
relative a new artificial leg, and there was fifty dollars owing to
us on it. Unknown to us at the time, he had collected that fifty
dollars from the said relative and with it paid his fine. To this day
we never got a cent for our leg, and so really fined ourselves. Nor
could we with any propriety distrain on one of a poor woman's legs!

CHAPTER XXII

PROBLEMS ON LAND AND SEA

The year 1912 was a busy season. The New Year found us in Florida with
the donor of the ship George B. Cluett, consulting him concerning its
progress and future. Lecturing then as we went west we reached
Colorado, visited the Grand Canyon, and lectured all along the Pacific
Coast from San Diego to Victoria--finding many old friends and making
many new ones.

At Berkeley I was asked to deliver the Earle Lectures at the
University of California; and I also spoke to an immense audience in
the open Greek theatre--a most novel experience. At Santa Barbara a
special meeting had been arranged by our good friend Dr. Joseph
Andrews, who every year travels all the way from California to St.
Anthony at his own expense to afford the fishermen of our Northern
waters the inestimable benefits of his skill as a consulting eye
specialist. Many blind he has restored to sight who would otherwise be
encumbrances to themselves and others. Only last year I received the
following communication from an eager would-be patient: "Dear Dr.
Grandfield, when is the eye spider coming to St. Anthony? I needs to
see him bad."

While we were at Tacoma a visitor, saying that he was an old
acquaintance of mine, sent up his card to our room. He had driven over
in a fine motor car, and was a great, broad-shouldered man. The grip
which he gave me assured me that he had been brought up hard, but I
utterly failed to place him. With a broad grin he relieved the
situation by saying: "The last time that we met, Doctor, was on the
deck of a fishing vessel in the North Sea. I was second hand aboard,
sailing out from Grimsby." The tough surroundings of that life were
such a contrast to his present apparently ample means that I could
only say, "