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The effect of all this tension on his already overtaxed nerves was to induce a fever in the unhealed arm , which , though not painful , was yet sufficient to hold him close prisoner for several days ; a delay which chafed him , and which filled his family at home with an intolerable anxiety , not that they knew its cause , -- _ that _ would have been a relief , -- but that they conjectured another , to them infinitely worse than sickness or suffering , bad and sorrowful as were these . '' _ Gentlemen , let not prejudice prepossess you . _ '' Izaak Walton Car No. 14 , Fifth Street line , Philadelphia , was crowded . Travelling bags , shawls , and dusters marked that people were making for the 11 A.M. New York train , Kensington depot . One pleasant-looking old gentleman whose face shone under a broad brim , and whose cleanly drabs were brought into distasteful proximity with the garments of a drunken coal-heaver , after a vain effort to edge away , relieved his mind by turning to his neighbor with the statement , `` Consistency is a jewel . '' `` Undoubtedly true , Mr. Greenleaf , '' answered the neighbor , `` but what caused the remark ? '' `` That , '' -- looking with mild disgust at the dirty and ragged leg sitting by his own .