ht down on the trunk, Missus Boone. I
wouldn't resk the seats this mornin' if I was you.'

"'What's wrong with 'em?' says Mrs. Boone, 'n' pokes her head in the
door. 'Land a Liberty!' she says. 'I shall certainly write to the
_Banner_ about this! I call it disgraceful!' Then she sets down on
the trunk.

"I'm standin' up, but Peewee's still on it. She covers the whole
trunk, but a little corner, 'n' Peewee tries to set on that.

"'Why don't you give the lady some room?' I says to Peewee, 'n' he gets
up 'n' leaves her have the trunk.

"'You're a real polite young man,' says Mrs. Boone to me.

"We ain't more'n got started when the dame lets out a holler.

"'Orphy!' she yells, 'Stop! Wait a minute! Whoa!' Orphy comes 'n'
yanks off the trolley.

"'I declare to goodness!' says Mrs. Boone. 'I've furgot my rubbers.
Run up and get them for me, Orphy--they're behind the door in the front
hall.'

"'I'd like to oblige you real well, Mrs. Boone,' says Orphy, 'but the
company don't allow me to leave the car when I'm on duty--'

"'Well, I call lookin' after your customers bein' on duty,' says Mrs.
Boone. 'Now, you skip an' get my rubbers, Orphy Shanner!'

"Orphy beats it fur the rubbers.

"While he's gone Mrs. Boone goes 'n' drops a nickel down the chute, but
she don't put it in the right side 'n' it trickles down into the box.
When Orphy gets the car started after he's back, he turns 'round 'n'
gives a sad look at the nickel in the box.

"'Stung!' says Peewee, 'n' I think he's goin' to fall off the car.

"'What ails that young man?' says Mrs. Boone to me. 'He seems to be
havin' a spell.'

"'It ain't nothin',' I says. 'He'll be all right in a minute.'

"We lets Mrs. Boone off after while 'n' keeps on goin' fur a mile or so
till we come to some gates. In gold letters over the gates is 'Ohio's
Beauty Spot,' 'n' below that in bigger letters yet is 'Lake Minnehaha
Park.' We goes through these gates 'n' there's the track. More'n half
the center-field is took up by a baseball diamond. In the other half
is a pond with a shoot-the-chutes runnin' down into it.

"'Where's the lake?' Peewee says to Orphy.

"'Right in front of your nose,' says Orphy, pointin' at the pond.

"'She's some body of water,' says Peewee. 'If you ain't careful a big
rough guy'll come along here with a tin cup some dark night 'n' go
south with her.'

"'I guess not,' says Orphy. 'She's four feet deep--in spots.'

"When we come in