bleak three roomcé shack. The xoom into which they $tep is base of all furniture save those necessary for strict utility. where i3 3 Steve, 3 table, three ricketty chairs, boxes, and an olﬂ whcezy organ. ﬁudk locks about the place yrauﬁly anﬂ says;

"Pretty nosey, what? Builﬁ the shack mesolf. ﬁomosteaacd here, E ﬁid. BOSS Bayton Bough? mo ouﬁ. ana you've got the ylaco just as X left it. ﬂini charging nothing oxtya for the furniture. " we the mﬁu med Birﬂia. he aaﬂs:

"Yam mt the kids to ‘W1, :2-11 light we ana’ yen" to Dick, "cwx geﬁ the dinner.

'*§!_g .--'-cookl.

"Sure'bo. You ggg to learn ﬁe do it in this country. never know when you'll be on your own out here. .khﬁ;nmu3 mnéﬂx in this country. anﬂ §§§1.misL1s might croak any Ga" or run eff with ﬁne oﬁhor fellow. Can't trust a lady Gut hcxe. 390 many ﬁemyﬁations, ho. You wee we're sharﬁ of females in this cau.try ana the ldaios is at yremium”.

Biraie dumbly retires to the baaroom indicatcé by Buck with the nan whimpering twins dLin5ing to her ﬁkirta. $3323 :’cm::>::x.:;ix;mé%.;encﬁ_:-:32;,z — ’ she lays the ehilarcn on one of the two heﬁs in ﬁhe room, aha they are so tired that they no moi miss being unﬂremsoﬂ. uné are; off, snugly under the chee§skins still about than.

Biraie, wiﬁu a horrifiea ana ut unnod ezproason uzrveys her new raam. There are two Baas, iron maa ugly; gnﬁ susﬁieiauely ﬁingy, half a cracned mirror sat rakily on an upfurnaa snap box, aﬁﬁ

nai1$ an the wall on which to hmxg clothes. Birﬂic.hurrics