Miss Amelia and Marvin Macy  yet ser resting all afternoon on tairs. On t your elboe, tting  one minute to seven oclock o ter. All .

    It must  at troke of seven Miss Amelia s tairs. At tant Marvin Macy appeared in front of tly. tos already gripped, and to ted and srengt . Marvin Macy rouser legs -- o t and   tentiary. Stumpy MacPepped fors  o make sure ter of t café.

    t truck out simultaneously. Bot t a little groggy. For a feer t blo around on ting ions, and making mock fists. ts, ting, and t t it ake in  once Miss Amelia  fell, and anotime Marvin Macy caug spun op. So t  on in t her side.

    During a struggle like trong as t is o turn from t itself and observe tators. ttened back as close as possible against tumpy MacPs tigrange noises. Poor Merlie Ryan  a fly buzzed into it, and ood on ter, so t  forle legs bent so t tted outement  in a rash shivered.

    Per o catc arm and pinion it beruggled and got a grasp around ; t ling is tural oo quick and requires mucration. And no Miss Amelia and Marvin  of its daze and pressed in closer. For a o muscle, t eaco side, till  sed, but Miss Amelias overalls  footprints on test s of terrible effort, it ricky to grasp, but sronger. Gradually s o t errible to c last sraddled; rong big

    But at t instant, just as t  caused a s so run do took place ery ever since. too testify ed t. For ter on  least t from ters in ter of t at tant Miss Amelia grasped t of Marvin Macy trong back of Miss Amelia and clutc tle fingers.

    t is confusion. Miss Amelia en before to t  tionless. Marvin Macy stood over  popeyed, but smiling ened about  ed to glory  any rate  of teps. Someone poured er on Miss Amelia, and after a time s up sloing at  of ing,  fist toget times on top of ill. Stumpy MacPepped forhe door.

    t, and one by one t tied, automobiles cranked, and ty City roamed off do. t a figo alk about after o for t every room was lig long.

    Marvin Macy and t  to a they did:

    te cabinet of curios and took everyt.

    the mechanical piano.

    terrible ables.

    tc opened in to sure of a erfall and took t also.

    tche jars of preserves.

    t out in tely ill, ruining tting fire to tself.

    te food, grits  o kill off ty, and placed temptingly on ter.

    t actually breaking into tayed t. t off togethem.

    t ooen as not be kindly if to clear up t Miss Amelia only looked at t crossed eyes and sumpy MacPo buy a plug of Queenie tobacco, and Miss Amelia said to be  sort of a café is t? Also, sor. In all tor. Sients soul, taking aobacco, and so fort ient never to eat fried ermelon or some suc o a person to  in t place. Nooring s t to die outrigo tc no one in  mind .

    Miss Amelia let  urning gray.  muscles of il s  eac to exctle glance of grief and lonely recognition. S pleasant to listen to; ongue erribly.

    ioned t;o   to t!quot; But it  so muc errible, but t its old vigor; t used to ion quot;t loom-fixer I o,quot; or some ot, and sad as the church pump-organ.

    For t out on t steps every nig, looking doing. But turned. t Marvin Macy used o climb into eal, and ot Marvin Macy o a side s bots raced back to Merlie Ryan. Notrue  Miss Amelia er and hose closed rooms she has remained ever since.

    Yes, to afternoons ty, , and t as glass. Notrees seem to groo t t it is noion of time ely, and people are careful not to o be bougo still is eig t gros on to a dangerous inely noto do in toand kicking at a rotten stump, figure out s  as o ten to the chain gang.