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"
I
'll
tell
you
what
I
might
do
,
"
he
went
on
,
quite
foolishly
and
dully
the
while
his
mother
gave
vent
to
a
helpless
"
Tst
!
Tst
!
Tst
!
"
"
Will
five
dollars
do
you
any
good
?
"
"
Well
,
it
will
be
something
,
anyhow
,
"
she
replied
.
"
I
can
use
it
.
"
"
Well
,
I
can
let
you
have
that
much
,
"
he
said
,
thinking
to
replace
it
out
of
his
next
week
's
tips
and
trust
to
better
luck
throughout
the
week
.
"
And
I
'll
see
what
I
can
do
next
week
.
I
might
let
you
have
ten
then
I
ca
n't
say
for
sure
.
I
had
to
borrow
some
of
that
other
money
I
gave
you
,
and
I
have
n't
got
through
paying
for
that
yet
,
and
if
I
come
around
trying
to
get
more
,
they
'll
think
--
well
,
you
know
how
it
is
.
"
His
mother
sighed
,
thinking
of
the
misery
of
having
to
fall
back
on
her
one
son
thus
far
.
And
just
when
he
was
trying
to
get
a
start
,
too
.
What
would
he
think
of
all
this
in
after
years
?
What
would
he
think
of
her
--
of
Esta
--
the
family
?
For
,
for
all
his
ambition
and
courage
and
desire
to
be
out
and
doing
,
Clyde
always
struck
her
as
one
who
was
not
any
too
powerful
physically
or
rock-ribbed
morally
or
mentally
.
So
far
as
his
nerves
and
emotions
were
concerned
,
at
times
he
seemed
to
take
after
his
father
more
than
he
did
after
her
.
And
for
the
most
part
it
was
so
easy
to
excite
him
--
to
cause
him
to
show
tenseness
and
strain
--
as
though
he
were
not
so
very
well
fitted
for
either
.
And
it
was
she
,
because
of
Esta
and
her
husband
and
their
joint
and
unfortunate
lives
,
that
was
and
had
been
heaping
the
greater
part
of
this
strain
on
him
.
"
Well
,
if
you
ca
n't
,
you
ca
n't
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
must
try
and
think
of
some
other
way
.
"
But
she
saw
no
clear
way
at
the
moment
.
In
connection
with
the
automobile
ride
suggested
and
arranged
for
the
following
Sunday
by
Hegglund
through
his
chauffeur
friend
,
a
change
of
plan
was
announced
.
The
car
--
an
expensive
Packard
,
no
less
--
could
not
be
had
for
that
day
,
but
must
be
used
by
this
Thursday
or
Friday
,
or
not
at
all
.
For
,
as
had
been
previously
explained
to
all
,
but
not
with
the
strictest
adherence
to
the
truth
,
the
car
belonged
to
a
certain
Mr.
Kimbark
,
an
elderly
and
very
wealthy
man
who
at
the
time
was
traveling
in
Asia
.
Also
,
what
was
not
true
was
that
this
particular
youth
was
not
Mr.
Kimbark
's
chauffeur
at
all
,
but
rather
the
rakish
,
ne'er
-
do-well
son
of
Sparser
,
the
superintendent
of
one
of
Mr.
Kimbark
's
stock
farms
.
This
son
being
anxious
to
pose
as
something
more
than
the
son
of
a
superintendent
of
a
farm
,
and
as
an
occasional
watchman
,
having
access
to
the
cars
,
had
decided
to
take
the
very
finest
of
them
and
ride
in
it
.
It
was
Hegglund
who
proposed
that
he
and
his
hotel
friends
be
included
on
some
interesting
trip
.
But
since
the
general
invitation
had
been
given
,
word
had
come
that
within
the
next
few
weeks
Mr.
Kimbark
was
likely
to
return
.
And
because
of
this
,
Willard
Sparser
had
decided
at
once
that
it
might
be
best
not
to
use
the
car
any
more
.
He
might
be
taken
unawares
,
perhaps
,
by
Mr.
Kimbark
's
unexpected
arrival
.
Laying
this
difficulty
before
Hegglund
,
who
was
eager
for
the
trip
,
the
latter
had
scouted
the
idea
.
Why
not
use
it
once
more
anyhow
?
He
had
stirred
up
the
interest
of
all
of
his
friends
in
this
and
now
hated
to
disappoint
them
.
The
following
Friday
,
between
noon
and
six
o'clock
,
was
fixed
upon
as
the
day
.
And
since
Hortense
had
changed
in
her
plans
she
now
decided
to
accompany
Clyde
,
who
had
been
invited
,
of
course
.
But
as
Hegglund
had
explained
to
Ratterer
and
Higby
since
it
was
being
used
without
the
owner
's
consent
,
they
must
meet
rather
far
out
--
the
men
in
one
of
the
quiet
streets
near
Seventeenth
and
West
Prospect
,
from
which
point
they
could
proceed
to
a
meeting
place
more
convenient
for
the
girls
,
namely
,
Twentieth
and
Washington
.
From
thence
they
would
speed
via
the
west
Parkway
and
the
Hannibal
Bridge
north
and
east
to
Harlem
,
North
Kansas
City
,
Minaville
and
so
through
Liberty
and
Moseby
to
Excelsior
Springs
.
Their
chief
objective
there
was
a
little
inn
--
the
Wigwam
--
a
mile
or
two
this
side
of
Excelsior
which
was
open
the
year
around
.
It
was
really
a
combination
of
restaurant
and
dancing
parlor
and
hotel
.
A
Victrola
and
Wurlitzer
player-piano
furnished
the
necessary
music
.
Such
groups
as
this
were
not
infrequent
,
and
Hegglund
as
well
as
Higby
,
who
had
been
there
on
several
occasions
,
described
it
as
dandy
.
The
food
was
good
and
the
road
to
it
excellent
.
There
was
a
little
river
just
below
it
where
in
the
summer
time
at
least
there
was
rowing
and
fishing
.
In
winter
some
people
skated
when
there
was
ice
.
To
be
sure
,
at
this
time
--
January
--
the
road
was
heavily
packed
with
snow
,
but
easy
to
get
over
,
and
the
scenery
fine
.
