Yaes. Yaal and Democrats, says tacradicts est of all ideals. I just got to get a co e t to  alloo serve, says tor. t is t;. ful one.

    t is talk  do not let t, so togety  tion in Macon t t is not so. to my

    room at time today. t like t cities. t to be rude and not attend to t . I do not understand, so I e it to you because I tand. I  I ten of tter enoug. I am also.

    It y-one days no time I  you. t come to you soon I do not kno ed. t  sick. tonapoulos in  er some time Singer sat up and reached for his pen.

    t I ordered for you did not come in time for tmas box. I expect it sly. I believe you  and be amused. I to make. At t is muc used to be. I found a cooked fly in my soup not long ago. It ables and tters. But t is not bear. Soon I ion is not due for six mont I t before then.

    I to. I am not meant to be alone and  you wand.

    Alhe morning before he was home again.

    t  s of stairs and did not stumble. ook from s t cain pen. tly over t. Almost as soon as s to his

    chin he was asleep.

    Out of terns lig of stone steps.

    Antonapoulos kneeled at top of teps.   it as t eps.  take onapoulos and thing he held above him.

    Be tac one. t naked and  ted crohe darkness.

    ared fascinated at t Antonapoulos erns so and fro in tionless. t. In teps collapsed and

    afraid.

    Sucime  somet o onapoulos did not e to  kno  at any cost—and immediately.

    In t-office t morning ice in  a package   mas t did not arrive in time. t  on tall-ment plan to be paid for over a period of t ure mace use,  Antonapoulos enjoyed.

    Singer  to reacore t morning. ten request for leave on Friday and Saturday. And alt  he could go.

    let anyone knorip before on

    leaving acked a note to   for several days because of business. raveled at nigrain reacination just as ter dawn was breaking.

    In ternoon, a little before time for ting  out to ts of ture mac of fruit  immediately to ted Antonapoulos before.

    t as ood at t  once t tonapoulos  there.

    Singer put do ttom of one of onapoulos? A nurse came into t understand. S out into to everyone . Nobody kne ioning  last  an interne in a .  ternes elbo carefully and to a small room  a desk before some papers. Shrough some files in a drawer.

    tears of nervousness and fear sely to e on a pad of paper, and  restrain ing around to see immediately ten about his friend.

    Mr. Antonapoulos ransferred to tis. I will he way.

    On topped to pick up t at t of fruit olen, but tact. erne out of t of grass to the infirmary.

    Antonapoulos!  t glance. ting propped  dressing-gourquoise

    ring. ouc temples ting.  fingers  first  see his friend.

    tood before  surprise, and  his jeweled hand.

    A feeling of sraint suc doerpane.  leave t startled  icle of tfit, but  imagined hey would look when all combined.

    Antonapoulos han he had remembered.

    t pulpy folds of  te pillo o be a Singer h him.

    Singer raised Ms imidly and began to speak. rong, skilled fingers sh loving precision.

    ioned old memories, t t ore, t eaconapoulos nodded graciously. s to  and dark, and in ttle rectangled pictures of  cimes. to his face and his hands quickened.

    lengtacer and faster. Antonapoulos nodded y.

    Eagerly Singer leaned closer and  tears.

    tonapoulos made a sloo last omacuck out , pink tongue.

    Singer lauger and his head hung

    backonapoulos rolled inued to laugously until rembled. ried to steady himself. his laughs came slow and painfully like hiccoughs.

    Antonapoulos  to compose  little feet ucked t ttom of temptuously at t. Singer ened to put t, but Antonapoulos fro ture seemed one of benediction rathanks.

    turned gravely to his friend again.

    As Singer talked  realize ime had passed.

    Only onapoulos ray did  it e. ts in turned on and outside t  dark. tients rays of supper before t dos, otted) and ting listlessly.

    Besides Antonapoulos they all seemed very sick and colorless.

    Most of t and tss slit doared at tes h wonder.

    Antonapoulos lifted ted tables.  to t in tion. te o point out ted to one man in t. t ed to a young boy and smiled and nodded and waved his plump hand.

    Singer oo o feel embarrassment. o distract onapoulos took off t t interest  all. urned back to his supper.

    Singer e explaining about the movie.

    Serne and t in a doctor. As ted t Singer. tients and tedly. Only Antonapoulos  disturbed.

    Singer iced  Dp t it could be cients. tor and took out trays and ts in turned off. A Mickey Mouse comedy flashe screen.

    Singer c first Antonapoulos artled.

    ter vierained cients calling out to eacion.  on a Popeye film. t t t tertainment ed long enoug time. c and ttled doerne put tonapoulos slyly cut o be certain t eac the machine was his.

    Singer began to talk  o leave, but ts ored in oo big to be said in a s time. alked ic e. In tat onapoulos day after day. Singer would h him joyfully.

    tle brass cross t y string  of told t, also, to e times became blurred and o shake his hands and

    begin all over. Antonapoulos cting motionless in , rics he seemed like some wise king from a legend.

    terne in co stay for an  ting time. t last   and scients tled for sleep. Singers ered. ently into o do eaced for  to fists.

    During t January niginued to  treets of to old  s come back from tain piece- e at anotate—and tales old  t o disprove te as o be.

    hY？

    tion floiced, like t of people and of objects and of ideas and tion ler and tax on. beer. Especially ated on te. ance, did Singer go arain and,   understand tion? And e ly as ted o be — ake? Singer sat at table times a day. e  before  cabbage and oysters. In ttling tumult of voices .  little green soft butter beans and he

    stacked t pile on ts.

    Biff t also of deat occurred. One day le of Agua Florida t aking Lucile t of Alices cosmetics. Meditatively tle of perfume in   of her.

    Biff uncorked ttle. ood sless before ts.

    t made iffen.  glance ood motionless. unned by t to  because of ty, but because togete. Biff rubbed   in e t oget can be urned away.

    tirely no acky and flossy and drab. tockings and pink rayon knickers ring across to dry. ty, decked airs  the slop jar.

    All of traded tudio couc a beautiful cloto .  it laid el tle boy in velvet ed—specimens of butterflies, a rare arrowudio couco make deep

    red curtains for t e. On table ttle Japanese pagoda s t tinkled range musical tones in a draught.

    In t often tle of Agua Florida and toucopper to to s. tions. t grew in him.

    Memories built t arcectural order. In a box aken before tting in a field of daisies.

    Alice  o tle boy o c  t o copy times play  t time iful clot cable. But all, strong y like a man. S. Even now imes dreamed of ayed on his finger always.

    Along  a bottle of lemon rinse Alice ried it on e-streaked . o guard against baldness and rinsed ion regularly. Certainw he had ridiculed in Alice were now his own. hy？

    Every morning Louis, tairs, brougo drink in bed. Often  propped on t up and dressed. cterns t made on tation ween oes. he remembered.

    til five in the morning he worked

    doairs. And all day Sunday. till at meal-times tances every day as ood guard beer.

    do you stand and t all time? Jake Blount asked him. You look like a Jew in Germany.’

    I am an eig Jeerdam. But all t of my folks t I kno ch-Irish.’

    It omers lolled at tables and tobacco and tle of newspaper.

    Some men in a corner boot dice, but t one.

    you be going up to his morning?’

    Blounts face turned dark and sullen.   imes and acted as t  pretty soon oget talking.

    You live a fine life. Just standing beer. Just standing h your hand open.’

    Biff did not take offense.  on s me and you alk.

    is it you  anyway?’

    Blount smacked er. ty and rougtle packages of c butter in ts not , Biff said. But o it later.’

    till drank like a crazy fis liquor did not drag  did some men. ten red, and rick of looking back startled over  of fello kids laug and dogs ed to bite. Yet when

    it cut o t roug of clo somebody was laughing.

    Biff sfully. Come, ; makes you stick  ster t. I could give you a part-time job here.’

    Camig park myself be caso give me tock, and barrel.’

    t ating.  along h people.

    talk sense, Biff said. Be serious.’

    A customer h his check and he made change.

    till quiet. Blount less. Biff felt ed to er and offered Blount a smoke. arily ion after anotime in ory you could  era would you choose?’

    Blount licked ac tongue. If you o ciff and never asking anotion, wake?’

    Sure enouged. t over.’

    o one side and peered doer o alk about.

    Ancient Greece . Children.

    templations in temples.

    Maybe he Incas. In Peru.’

    Biffs eyes scanned over ripping  burned a ric of gold and precious stones on   ac did not belong to rousers. And it han

    t.