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I gave him a check with instructions to have it cashed in that city and to send the money , and my mail , to Frederick Fitzgibbon . This ALIAS I explained to him by saying I was gathering material for an article to prove one could live on fifty cents a day . He was greatly relieved to learn I did not need a valet to help me prove it . I returned driving the Phoenix to New Bedford , and as it was a Saturday , when the store closed at noon , I had the ineffable delight of taking Polly Briggs for a drive . As chaperons she invited two young friends of hers named Lowell . They had been but very lately married , and regarded me no more than a chauffeur they had hired by the hour . This left Polly who was beside me on the front seat , and myself , to our own devices .