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THE GALLEON
from around the corner, the
crowd dispersed like leaves be-
fore a whirlwind. Tubby be-
held him with thankful eyes.
His nose was bloody and his
head; swam. Pinkey was maul-
ing him unmercifully. They both
scampered off, the one exultant,
the other burning with shame
and indignation.
Tubby, the vanquished, slip-
ped stealthily into his backyard
to wash his face at the hydrant
before entering the house. He
was unusually taciturn for the
remainder of the evening, and
when supper was over, made a
pretense of going out to play,
but instead he slipped around
to the barn and climbed up into
the loft. Here he surrendered
himself up to woeful contempla-
tion.
The loft was always his sac-
red treatt for the solving of
difficult problems, the hatching
of deep and mysterious schemes
and sometimes served as a con-
venient hiding place when there
was work to be done around the
house. The furnishings consist-
ed of the ragged remains of a
grass rug,., folding game table
that had seen better days, and
various assorted boxes that
served as seats. A lantern was
lighted, cedar bark brought
forth and rolled into a cigar-
ette, and the melancholy Tubby
seated upon one of the boxes
with his feet propped upon the
table fell into a profound re-
verie.
Madge Lipscomb's birthday
party, to which the entire room
was invited, was scheduled for
Saturday afternoon at three
thirty. Tubby greatly desired
to escort Celia McAllister to
that party. However, the disas-
trous encounter with Pinkey
that afternoon had somewhat
dampened his hopeful spirits.He did not relish the idea of
braving the anger of the re-
doubtable Pinkey again so soon.
He was not exactly a coward,
but he was extremely cautious.
He reviewed the situation in his
mind) and came to the conclus-
ion that if immediate action of
some kind was not taken, his
chances for a successful con-
quest of the fair Celia were ex-
ceedingly slim. He felt his
muscle critically and decided
that some day he would whale
the daylights out of Pinkey, but
right at present, fistic duels
were out of the question. Yes,
decidedly it would be better to
postpone the bout, he thought
as he rubbed his injured nose.
For the time being he must go
warily, craftily. He narrowed
his eyes and became the master
criminal, Rudolph Van Vitriol,
planning the downfall of an en-
emy. By way of illustrating his
mental impersonation, he arose
and stalked mysteriously about
in the shadows, his hand clutch-
ing the hilt of an imaginary
dagger. For awhile he was so
absorbed in the character of Ru-
dolph Van Vitriol that he very
nearly forgot the real object of
his scheming. A call from the
yard brought him back to earth.
"Tub-ee! Tub-ee!"
Tubby waited a .moment and
then whistled softly. The calls
ceased. Someone was heard
climbing the ladder into the loft,
and the head and shoulders of
Bubb Mitchell suddenly appear-
ed from below.
"Hi, Tubby, watcha doin'?"
"Nothin', just havin' a smoke,
come ,n up."
Bubb completed the ascent
and seated himself on a box.
Several moments of silence en-
sued and then Bub spoke.
"Pinkey hurt ya much today,
Tubby ?" he inquired casually.17
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