Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Grizzly Bear, Vol. 24: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to All California; November, 1918 Humpbacked Dan, his retainer, suffered the cen sure that should have been only for his master, but the little man not five feet in height, being shrewd and quick at retort, parried the teasing thrusts with the armor of his wit._ Poor fellow. His mother had died during his infancy, and he had been reared in an orphanage. Embittered by his deformity and his life in the poor lodging, he was growing in mood like Marr. Being the assistant, he was held in almost as much contempt as was his hard employer. However, he went about his daily grind as drudge and clerk without complaint. When the tormentors were louder in their rude sport. Than usual, Dan, pen in hand, would run to the door and on the steps, lecture them soundly and bid them be more kind. Sometimes the urchins sang' Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men, Couldn't set Humpty Dumpty up again. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.