You bet your sweet lifewere going to be sensible
and not blow in our stake!
Buthe interpreted it thus:They think Im a complete
boob to have a haircut like this. His father died, muttering, Youve been a good boy,
Sid, and donewhat I told you to. Shame we were fooled aboutthat McGee
fellow.
And after another mile of brooding,while Sidney
drove silently and prayed: Awfully queer!
I guess he probly thinks were bootleggers, chuckled
Sidney. Sidney would have been glad to work till daylight ifUncle Rob would but stay
with him.
But his mother took him aside and begged: You
mustntoppose your father so, dearie. And see all the little chicks, and so
on?
Well, stranger, way youre headed, itll be about
twenty-fivethousand miles. Youre pretty fair at working, said Uncle Rob, and that
waspraise almost hysterical. Ive got some ambition for em, even if youhavent!
Honest, Ithink you were just crazy with the heat! His grandfathers house was dark
when they arrived.
His summer vacations he spentin warehouses,
hoisting boxes.
He had never seen aliver, save that of a slain
chicken. Have to tramp down to thestore, snowstorm so thick you cant see five feet
in front of you! Sidney dashed at the cot and crawled into it, waiting only to
takeoff his shoes and jacket. Didnt notice the name of the lasttown we went through.
Sidney dashed at the cot and crawled into it, waiting only to takeoff his shoes and
jacket.
McGee went to a hotel, and sat still, scared,
looking at himself ina dressing-table mirror.
Buthe interpreted it thus:They think Im a complete
boob to have a haircut like this. Well, stranger, way youre headed, itll be about
twenty-fivethousand miles. Smallberg, and sometimes his thick fingers tapped
nervouslyon his chin as he talked. Cant even be trustedto stay in one state and not
skid across the border line! And I guess theres stillplenty of other men would like
to marry me when I divorce you!
Maybe we might take the kidsthis summer and make a
little tour for a couple weeks or so. Well, you will care so much for those things,
or Ill care you, myfine young man!
He could endure wet dawns, wildwinds, all-day
drenching.
Heseemed a loutish boy, tall and heavy and
slow-spoken, and he was aworry to his father.
Stodeport complained: Now, Willie, do letthat cat
alone!
Youre going to be a lawyer or a doctor or somebody
that amounts tosomething, and not a rube! I guess he probly thinks were bootleggers,
chuckled Sidney. The salary was not less than the one he hadbeen receiving, but
there was little future.
The general had colonized Ynez Island, lying off
the coast of SanColoquin. He wanted to return, but hisfather seemed to hate the
place.
But his mother took him aside and begged: You
mustntoppose your father so, dearie. Smallberg, and sometimes his thick fingers
tapped nervouslyon his chin as he talked.
Then,darkly: Now that youve got me here, Sid, with
your plans andall!
He became momently more rustic, moretough, more
skinned and awkward in his own eyes.