It was during this period, if I may interpolate an incident, that I was waiting one night in a Broadway theater lobby for a friend to appear, when who should arrive on the scene but L----, most outlandishly dressed in what I took to be a _reductio ad absurdum_ of his first pose, as I now half-feared it to be: that of the uncouth and rugged young American, disclaiming style in dress at least, and content to be a clod in looks so long as he was a Shelley in brains. His suit was of that coarse ill-fitting character described as Store, and shelf-worn; his shoes all but dusty brogans, his headgear a long-visored yellowish-and-brown cross-barred cap. He had on a short, badly-cut frieze overcoat, his hands stuck defiantly in his trousers pockets, forcing its lapels wide open. And he appeared to be partially if not entirely drunk, and very insolent. I had the idea that the drunkenness and the dress were a pose, or else that he had been in some neighborhood in search of copy which required such an outfit. Charitably let us accept the last. He was accompanied by two satellic souls who were doing their best to restrain him. "Come, now! Don't make a scene. We'll see the show all right!" "Sure we'll see the show!" he returned contentiously. "Where's the manager?" A smug mannikin whose uniform was a dress suit, the business manager himself, eyed him in no friendly spirit from a nearby corner. "This is Mr. L----," one of the satellites now approached and explained to the manager. "He's connected with M----'s Magazine. He does short stories and dramatics occasionally." The manager bowed. After all, M----'s Magazine had come to have some significance on Broadway. It was as well to be civil. Courtesy was extended for three, and they went in. As for myself, I resented the mood and the change. It was in no way my affair--his life was his own--and still I resented it. I did not believe that he was as bad as he seemed. He had too much genuine sense. It was just boyish swagger and show, and still it was time that he was getting over that and settling down. I really hoped that time would modify all this.