ed until Alice  trousers and crawled inside.

    jutted out from beneat  t told Alice about ed to talkto somebody about it, because maybe if old all ts out loud   puzzled him.

    tcalking and talking and not ever getting anybody to understand  knoated around te and picked  and tried to make  of everything in him.

    hy？

    Because in some men it is in to give up everyt some time, before it ferments and poisons—t to some o. In some men it is in text is All men seek for t retcened and relaxed. t t and brigurned s and a quick tongue—Mister Brannon—by himself.

    J. ayed out mige t before. It oo  even to drink coffee for breakfast, so ser  and cold biscuits. Sc out on t porco read t maybe Mister Singer  Sunday mornings. But Mister

    Singer  ter on e t before and ed for Mister Singer a long time. All t  back in tcook Ralp of  a clean dress on him and wiped off his face.

    t o take t. S Bubber ride in ted and t sideo t . till propped against to climb.

    You mind Ralpo Bubber. Mind ts dont sit on his eyelids.’

    Five minutes later Mick stood up and raig ed to stand. top. But not many kids could do it. Most of t your grip and rolled off t ops of trees. On toeeples and tacks from t blue and  as fire. te or black.

    Sed to sing. All to t to t part of t  out a yell and tarted  a speec rymen, Lend me your ears! t getting to top t gave you a  to yell or sing or raise up your arms and fly.

    S tennis s sraddled t finis  buildings in tories, h very high

    ceilings and teepest roof of any house she had ever seen.

    But soon ters o find anoto play.

    S  and sook from t of s ttes s t before. Ste gave   so finis.

    M.K.—t en on everyteen years old and very famous. Se Packard automobile ials on tten in red on  inventor. S little tiny radios t people could carry around and stick in ten on ter t s one to make a large tunnel to China, and people could go down in big balloons.

    t tilings s they were already planned.

    te s dead and flipped tt do of t ed on o o herself.

    It  nearly all time tter  er s on teps every Sunday afternoon and listen in on the programs.

    t t. t made  sime s.

    Sometimes ttle colored pieces of crystal candy, and otimes it est, saddest t.

    t up straight

    and listened t sun made e and damp.

    tinued, and Mick moved sloed roof on omac ted over the ground below.

    t tting over somettle black, died in the wagon.

    old enougo sit up, and o th his cap crooked on his head, crying.

    Bubber! Mick called do  Ralps and give it to him.’

    Bubber stood up and looked o t  nothing.’

    ell, give hen.’

    Mick climbed back to tting before. Sed to time about tain people, to sing to o make plans. But t Ralpill  be any peace for  all.

    Boldly so climb doo t eep and t from eac tholds.

    S beat so  made remble.

    Commandingly salked out loud to igil your rigoe gets a grip tay close and o t. Nerve, Mick, youve got to keep nerve.’

    Coming do part of any climbing. It took ime to reaco feel safe again. ood on t last ser and smaller and  for a minute like tcs and jerked t a notcigill crying, but stention and  into ty house.

    Last mont a sign out in front saying t no c. A gang of kids had been

    scuffling around inside t, and a girl o a room t  been floored and fallen till at tal in a plaster paris. Also, anotime some touge some pretty bad  no matter  signs  up, t runkids ail ted and finished and people had moved in.

    tennis s ec and quiet. Sood still in t room for a  and broug tubs of cher red.

    Mick dreters very slo top se EDISON, and under t sRACY and MUSSOLINI. t letters of all, made lined in red, se ials—M.K.  e e a very bad  s ials, too.

    Sood in ty room and stared at isfied. Srying to tten t  eac seemed t a kid ra too. In  six different tunes from tinkling, and anot smell in time after a rain. But ted at time.

    Sunes, and after a y  tears come in her eyes. her

    t got tig sing any more.

    Quickly se t top of t—MOtSARt.

    Ralpied in t as s  up quiet and still and  little o the sides.

    Ralptle C o cry again. So took from  pocket a blue-colored jelly bean. Suck t mouth.

    Put t in your pipe and smoke it, so  e, because Ralpill too little to get t of candy. A clean rock  to tle fool .  understand any more about taste t talking.

    ired of dragging o t o o  was w was suco haul him around.

    Mick cupped igoget first ts. tle sounded, and after a fe from around the house.