Hughie Erskine, who was a handsome but【小题1】 young man, was in love with Laura Merton, whose father had asked for £ 10,000 to allow them to marry. One day Hughie visited his friend Alan Trevor. Trevor, who was an artist, was just finishing a 【小题2】 of a beggar. “Poor old man !” thought Hughie, “ he looks so poor ,”and gave the man a pound, which was the 【小题3】 bit of money he had. The beggar smiled, “Thank you, Sir, thank you.” Hughie spent the rest of the day with Laura. She was rather angry 【小题4】 he had given away his last pound, and he had to walk home because he had no money to pay for transport. That night he went to his club, where he met Trevor. Trevor told him that the beggar was Baron Hausberg, who was 【小题5】 a millionaire (百万富翁）. The following day Hughie received an envelope from the Baron. It had these words written on the outside： “a wedding present from an old beggar to Hughie and Laura.” Inside was a check for £ l0,000!