'He confessed to me that he often watched these tiny warm gleams go out one by one, that he loved to see people go to sleep under his eyes, confident in the security of to-morrow. "Peaceful here, eh?" he asked.He was not eloquent, but there was a deep meaning in the words that followed. "Look at these houses;there's not one where I am not trusted. Jove! I told you I would hang on. Ask any man, woman, or child ..." He paused. "Well, I am all right anyhow."