A policeman was walking along the street．In the doorway of a shop, a man was standing in the 1 light, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth．The policeman 2 and then walked up to the man．
“I’m just waiting for a friend here,” the man said, “It’s a(n) 3 made twenty years ago．” The man struck a 4 and lighted his cigar．The light 5 a pale face with a little white scar near his right eye．“Twenty years ago tonight, when I said goodbye to Jimmy Wells, my best friend to 6 for the West to make my fortune, we 7 we would meet here again exactly twenty years 8 that date and time．” “I hope your friend will come around soon．” said the policeman, 9 ．
Twenty minutes later, a tall man hurried across the street．He went directly to the waiting man．“Is that you, Bob?” he asked．“Jimmy Wells?” 10 the man with excitement．“You have 11 , Jimmy．I never thought you were so tall．”
When they both looked at each other 12 , the man said suddenly, “You’re not Jimmy Wells．Twenty years is a long time, 13 not long enough to change a man’s 14 ．” “It sometimes changes a good man into a 15 one,” said the tall man．“You are under 16 now．Well, here is a note from your friend．” His hand was steady when he began to read, but it 17 a little by the time he had finished．It read：“Bob：I was at the appointed place 18 ．When you lighted your cigar I saw it was the face of the man 19 by Chicago police． 20 I couldn’t catch myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job．”
