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There
was
a
little
lake
,
not
so
far
from
Excelsior
,
at
this
time
of
year
also
frozen
over
,
and
according
to
Hegglund
,
who
was
always
unduly
imaginative
and
high-spirited
,
they
might
go
there
and
skate
.
"
Will
you
listen
to
who
's
talkin
'
about
skatin
'
on
a
trip
like
this
?
"
commented
Ratterer
,
rather
cynically
,
for
to
his
way
of
thinking
this
was
no
occasion
for
any
such
side
athletics
,
but
for
love-making
exclusively
.
"
Aw
,
hell
,
ca
n't
a
fellow
have
a
funny
idea
even
widout
bein
'
roasted
for
it
?
"
retorted
the
author
of
the
idea
.
The
only
one
,
apart
from
Sparser
,
who
suffered
any
qualms
in
connection
with
all
this
was
Clyde
himself
.
For
to
him
,
from
the
first
,
the
fact
that
the
car
to
be
used
did
not
belong
to
Sparser
,
but
to
his
employer
,
was
disturbing
,
almost
irritatingly
so
.
He
did
not
like
the
idea
of
taking
anything
that
belonged
to
any
one
else
,
even
for
temporary
use
.
Something
might
happen
.
They
might
be
found
out
.
"
Do
n't
you
think
it
's
dangerous
for
us
to
be
going
out
in
this
car
?
"
he
asked
of
Ratterer
a
few
days
before
the
trip
and
when
he
fully
understood
the
nature
of
the
source
of
the
car
.
"
Oh
,
I
do
n't
know
,
"
replied
Ratterer
,
who
being
accustomed
to
such
ideas
and
devices
as
this
was
not
much
disturbed
by
them
.
"
I
'm
not
taking
the
car
and
you
're
not
,
are
you
?
If
he
wants
to
take
it
,
that
's
his
lookout
,
ai
n't
it
?
If
he
wants
me
to
go
,
I
'll
go
.
Why
would
n't
I
?
All
I
want
is
to
be
brought
back
here
on
time
.
That
's
the
only
thing
that
would
ever
worry
me
.
"
And
Higby
,
coming
up
at
the
moment
,
had
voiced
exactly
the
same
sentiments
.
Yet
Clyde
remained
troubled
.
It
might
not
work
out
right
;
he
might
lose
his
job
through
a
thing
like
this
.
But
so
fascinated
was
he
by
the
thought
of
riding
in
such
a
fine
car
with
Hortense
and
with
all
these
other
girls
and
boys
that
he
could
not
resist
the
temptation
to
go
.
Immediately
after
noon
on
the
Friday
of
this
particular
week
the
several
participants
of
the
outing
were
gathered
at
the
points
agreed
upon
.
Hegglund
,
Ratterer
,
Higby
and
Clyde
at
Eighteenth
and
West
Prospect
near
the
railroad
yards
.
Maida
Axelrod
,
Hegglund
's
girl
,
Lucille
Nickolas
,
a
friend
of
Ratterer
's
,
and
Tina
Kogel
,
a
friend
of
Higby
's
,
also
Laura
Sipe
,
another
girl
who
was
brought
by
Tina
Kogel
to
be
introduced
to
Sparser
for
the
occasion
,
at
Twentieth
and
Washington
.
Only
since
Hortense
had
sent
word
at
the
last
moment
to
Clyde
that
she
had
to
go
out
to
her
house
for
something
,
and
that
they
were
to
run
out
to
Forty-ninth
and
Genesee
,
where
she
lived
,
they
did
so
,
but
not
without
grumbling
.
The
day
,
a
late
January
one
,
was
inclined
to
be
smoky
with
lowering
clouds
,
especially
within
the
environs
of
Kansas
City
.
It
even
threatened
snow
at
times
--
a
most
interesting
and
picturesque
prospect
to
those
within
.
They
liked
it
.
