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So eo . 1 , wbUe while wall * f the th . otb.r otbr others t . r pnpan prepare * C to . toround , round rcnmCI1Ip f up the f * rarii marea mares amC aDd and eolta colts rtt , , [ Kn KeD ea bas has * S to . tosay day say ta ID la tbs th dJ . . bou house ha . aDd and a .wel wel seedy seedyNow . fy ) ' Now N cGDUDae eonunue UB with wldJ . the th * . .torJ torJ dory . t rr ' . ( ) cnArrEtt CRAPTER DAPTER n D U UWhen I When Ken left the kitchen Idtchen the thealarm th thalarm thalarm alarm clock on the tb wall wan ahelf shelf be.lde belde besid be.ldethe besidthe . the th * .plce plce spice . plc cloiet closet pointed to twentminutes twenty twentyminute twent , : minut minute minutes . to nine He H wondered wond re < l If Ifhe I Ihe ! he h bould .boule boule should . ! Urne time Urn * himself hlnn eU right fror frorthen from fromthen . then or from the th monrnt moment he weninto went wentInto wen . Into his hi * . room or from when be he b * .et et se sehis . .ethI _ his hi * . books book . * on the th table This Thl . .al al was wasvery w . a aJ avery ivry very Important point , , , but as a * . h hcould be becould hicould could not decide he h went upataira upstairas up.tair uptair upstair . , . J as . * lowly .lowly slowly . ai as . he h could could . , ' lint 'ust ust just In car caae case it itwas i iwas iwa * was all an part of the th * bourHe hourHe hour bour , He H paused on the th landinlin landing la in front frontof iron ironof trooof of the th " plctur picture of the th duck . . U If be be.tood hstood hi h - tood .tood stood . there ther * looking 100klnJ { at the th duck pic- pic picture plc plctore pictur - ture tore be h could get Into another world worldHe worldH . He * knew how to do It It . . To ft Jet get { list listanother into intoanother Intianother ; , another world you had bad to make youl .our- .our your yourself , . .our.elf - . . .elf elf self . elf the aarrr same size lze In 10 , . your .our our mind . . . _ But he felt mlagivinJs misgivings ml glvlng { . , standin standinthere atand1n tandlnithere lhere there HII Ills Hl mother would hear bear from fron fromthe fronthe tronthe a the kitchen that he be hadn't hadnt ' ' Jon { gone . an anthe al althe althe 1 the way upltaira upstalu upstairs He Be went on UP updown updown i , . down the ball hail Into hia biJI his room . , an sn snnoisily and andnoisily annoltlly , < noltlly noisily closed the door PoMlbIa Po.lb17 Polb17 Po.lb17Ibe PosslbI PosslbIshe . . Ibe she he would time Ume him tooHe tooHe too He tood .toad toad stood . a few momenta lookiniaround looklnj lookin lookini . around He and Howard each ba has had hada hasa < a a mall .mall small . room to hinrrelf himaelf himself . . . Ken loved his hl hi . room . . . The wan wall wallwere walhwere . were white washed wa hed . , and there ther * wal wala wa waia a big window opening openlnJ { out front over overthe ova ovathe ovelthe the terrace terrac and the Green . . He coupsee couk could coup couldaee . . Sunshinepoured Sunahine Sunshine Sunahinepoured Sun hln aee see ee everything everythlnJ { from it It < poured In . In . . Best of a11 all , , . Ken loved his hl hi . mU Uttk UtUe UtUewalnut Uttkwalnut < walnut bed . . , because becau e that was wa . reail7 reail7bome reallhome reall ] bomeIt homeIt home bome It wasn warn wa n t very tidy He and Howard Howand How ard and had bad to make their own beds bedsand bed * . , and be he had bad made hi hia his . in a burry hurry burrybefore hurrybefore before he be went out riding rldlng Now Nov Nowwould Novwould No would be a good time to .tralghten tralghten straighter straighterit . tralghtwy .tralghtenit It up That was wa a good dutiful dutifu dutifuldeedabout dutifudeedabout deed-about deed about deed - - about ms as good as a * . studyingiprobably studYI.n8-lt studYI.n8lt studYI.n8 studYIn8 lt studying-i studying i studYI.n8ltprobably studying . - li probably could be counted In the the thehour th < hour The quilt wh which cb w was wa . ligbt Ugh ligbtgreen Ughgreen green with prigs Iprlgs sprigs of pink and blu blue blue blueDowers blueflowers < flowera Dowers flowers on It . , , was wa . crooked and andhumped anthumped anc ant humped over the bedclothes underneath underneath under neath He threw U 1\ 1 it \ 1back back back . . , thenpaused ther then thenpaused paused hif his hi . eye eyei eyes . on the wall at the thehead thehead head of the bedI bedThere bed I [ There were these plctures-one plctures one pictures-one pictures pictures - - one on or oneach oreach each .Ide Ide side * . ide - about eight inchci Inches Inchessquare quare .quare square . with a a flat wooden frame framean framean framian : an Inch incb wideAnd wideAnd wide wideAnd And Inilde inside the frame- frame frameHe frameHe frame frameHe - - He dropped the quilt , , , moved ulto up ul upto UBto to one picture and atood stood tood minutely minutelyexamining minutelyexamining minutelyexamining examining It It . . What peoplel people I Pea Peasant Peaa- Peaa Peas- Peas Peaaant . - - lant | ant people hit his hi . mother bad had told bim him himprobably bimprobably himprobably probably Swiss SwissI SwissDown SwissDown Swi Down at the end of ot hi hli his . room wa was wasthe waithe . I the itrangest strangest picture of an all anI allKen III I Ken went to look at it It . . . Ther There Therewas . < wai was a verae verse ver e written In 10 the cornel corner cornerI cornerwblch cornerwhich which wblch he knew by heart . . . I Intreat me not to leave thee , . Nor to return from following folIowinJ { afterthee aftex after afterthee theeFor theeFor thee I INor For whither thou goest goc t I will Jo go JoAnd goAnd { And where thou lodge.t lodget lodgeat lodge * . ! 1 I 1 willlodge will wU1 wU1I wU1lodge willlodge I lodgeIt lodgeIt lodge lodgeIt It wai was a picture of a decert desert land . . And a man stood tood as if waiting waltlnc toIo toJrO to go JrO Io looking at the maiden tor for whom whombe whomhe be he w was wa . waiting But ahe she he had nm run nmback runSack back Sack to throw her arms arm * . around a awoman awoman woman and there they .toad toad stood . tood . . , arm arms armsabout * . about each other And the verr verse versen to n the corner comer wall was wa what Ihe sha he was was.aylng wassaying wa Baying .aylng aylng saying . They were droned dreued dressed In long longIraped draped Iraped brightly colored .hawla hawla shawls shawlsIntreat . .hawlaIntreat hawl Intreat me- me meHe me - - He lumped Jumped and andran andmn andran ran mn back to the bed when he be beard heard beardQuick heardluick beardquick Quick luick steps atep tep * . acrois across the kitchen floor door doorielow floorbelow below ielow Outside the kitchen door hi his hisnother's . mother'a mothera mother nother's nothers " ' ' . voice called . , . ' 'Here Here ' KimHere KimHere jUm Kim -Here Here - - Here Chaps- Chaps ChapsThi Chaps - ' ' This Thi * . time Ume be he really reaUy . finished ftn.Ished ftnIshed Anished the thebed bed > ed and moothed .moothed smoothed . the quilt . . It Itlooked Itooked looked ooked very nice He.toad Hetoad He stood . tood regardtoJ regardng regard big toJ ng { It It , , , thJnkln thinking , that now he be mlUt must mlUttake musteke mu ttake take eke down his hil booksResolutely books book . Resolutely Re.olutely Reolutely . h he . picked out his hi * . arttbmeUe arithnetie arlta- arlta arttb- arttb arith- arith arltaoaetle - - - oaetle meUe netie book , , . cat sat t down down , , , opened U 11 it and andregan andbegan belan regan to think . . I | Suddenly Kea Ken heard beard the . Bound .ound ound sound at cd cdcones hone bone cones * . corning eom1nJ coming { near the house botue andtamed and ' darted I'tarted Itarted tamed up ao 80 so quickly that the legd leg lei at of d nil his hi . chair tangled tang1ed with the Ie leg . of at athe the he table and he went . sprawling .prawllnl prawllnl O on onhe ontha Ibe he floor door , then . scrambled .crambled crambled up andwen and andlrVer andr lrVer wen to the windowI windowKen window I ten Ken ! leaned out the window a aa as . far faraa fars taraa aa s be he could to . see .ee ee the last la.t lat . of thems them aa . s they went down the Green . . , jud just justog Jusrtlog ' 0 og ' trotting trottinl and disappeared aroundhe around aroundthe aroundthe the he end of 01 at the house"Kenl house-- house house- house1 house - - 1 ' "Keni Keni "Kenl Kenl " "Ken Ken " I ' Nelli Nell a voice came earns ftoaUn floating floatingp floatingap . lIP p from the open window below belowI belowWhst below"What belowWhat "What What ' " " Whst are " . you .ou ou doing dofnlT ? ' I He curried .currled currled scurried . back to the table and andmade andtad andklade made tad . it true before betore be he answ.r.d answr.d answrd anawered answered1 . . . . , "I I " " I m doing dOlnJ { my arithmeUc arithmetic arlthn-rUe"What arlthn rUe"What rUeWhat - . . . " "What What " was wa . that crash craahT"My craahTMy ' ? " I I"What "My My " chair teU ten tell over " I . ' "What What " " naade made it fall taU over overt overt-"It overt "It It ' - " "It It " "It It " lint juat just tell fen fell over- over overI overNothine overNothing over over"i - "i i " Nothing Nothine more from trom Nell NeD . . , and Ken ten Keen Keenummoned tenmmmoned ! Kenummoned I ummoned mmmoned an aD all his hi * . energy and andfrowned andowned andfrowned frowned owned at bU hIs bl open book . . . He Be mud must mudmake mustlake mustmake make lake a plan . . . He would wou14 do cance1la- cance1la cancella- cancella cance1laI cancellaon cance1laUoo cancella-tloa cancella tloa - - Uoo on orar over . Ba Be He Uked liked eaneeUattoa eaneeUaUon cancellation . , . It Itas Itwai I . as . fun tun fim crosslag cro.d crod crossing . 6 cut out the ft 'U U figures ' figureshove 'Uabov figureabove * abov hove . aad and below tha the fin Una lfne . and turn turn- - turnJ turning J ing Iq > s everything enr-tb1na enr tb1na , - Into nothJnf nothing . . > Ha He hunted bunted for tor hla his hi * pad . * , opned opened an all anthe allthe alth > the * drawer drawen drawers * , , and found It 1t itTbeM . Then be he h * hard bard NU NeU Nell * corning comtna coming uy up uphe tk \ \he he the he.taira thestairs talra .taira taira stairs . . , and lb . aha she . opened olMned Ua his hi . door doorShe doorShe doorShe She bad . coma .ome ome some lrem fresh tr aai bureau bureau.carve bureauscarves bure * canrea scarves .carve carve . . over her ber arm , . and came eame ID in IDb inbriskly ibriakly b briskly and went to hia b1a his cbUroniu chiffonier cbUroniuto chiffonierto chuToalto * to change chanJ { . tha the acart .cart cart scant . . . . " "I I " . wa war was . thlnk1n thinkinf thinking : Ken , . U It would be bea ba . a . good .ood ood Idea U if , . you .ou ou apent spent , . your .our our .tu tu study studyhour . atud ; hour on that competition eompoalUon composition . . . , ' " . "The The 'The ' "Th Th " " * composltlonT composiUon composition ' ? " "OYe OYe "OYehe " "Yet Yet "Res Res " . , . the \he he \ ODe one on * you .au au , . didn't didnt ' ' write Ifyou If Iyou you ) " 00 write It nicely nfca17 we w * could send aend it itto Itto 1to to Mr Glhson Gibson and tall ten tell him h1m how bow It Itwaa itwas Iwa waa was you 700 came cam * not to writ write * any any- anythingthat anything . - thlnJ-that thlnJ that thing-that thing { - that ) ' you 00 were thlnkfn thinking , about aboutItand aboutitand abouIt It-and It and - - and be might mlgbt let , . you .ou ou have bave aome some aomecredit somecredit om < credit for 1\ 1 it \ " I ' "The The " * one on * me AlbIno . , , " .alel alel . .alelI Ken , and bla his hi * eyes went thoughtfull thougbtfull7 thougbtfull7to thoughtfullto ; to the th * window "How How "Bow Bow " would I be begin b . gin &in in & It UT In ? ' " "Hav Hav "Have Have * you got paper there theret ' ? " "Ye Ye "Yes Yes "YeSi YeSi " " ? "Well Well " . , , just pretend you'r your .ou're .oure oure you're youre , . ' * tentn tellin tellinsomeone telllnj , omeone .omeone someone . about It-aomeon It aomeon it-aomeona aomeona it - - omeone . wbo wbodoesn't whdoesn't whi wh doesn't doesnt ' ' know Ue Me tor for Instance inatanc . Pei Per Per- Per Perhap Perhops - haps hops hap . ' I've Ive ' ' forgotten . . Wao Who was waa waahe \he he heAIbino.anywa thAlbino4 tbi th \ tbiAlbino AIbino.anywa AIbinoanywa Albino4anyway Albino4 Albino . anyway , . T , ? " Ken grinned rrr1m1ed , , , and .aid aid . said . . , "A A " btl btlwhite bitwhite bij bit white .taWan-'ul .taWanul .taWan taWan 'ul ul stalllon-just stalllon just . stallion - - ' just ' a broncwhcame bronc-who bronc who bronc-wh wh broncwhocame bronc - - wai waicam came cam * over the border from frmn Montaniwhen Uontani Montana Montani Montanawhen when they bad had a drouth there Da Die Dad Dadcaned Diecalled < called caned him bim a big ugly UJr17 devil dev but a alotta i < ilotto lotta lotto horae- horae horse-- horse horse'That's horse - - - " " horae'n1at'a " ' "That'll Thatll 'n1at'a n1ata 'That's Thats " " ' ' ' ' One fine nn , . ' encouraged encouraJed { NeH NeD Neil . ' "And And " And what did he h * do dot ? " Ken sighed deeply , . and ana . wrote'Th wrote wrote"The . 'Th Th ' "The The " " . Story of GypsT Gypsy Gyp y " , , " " carefully carefull7 at atthe athe a the top of the tho paperKen paper Ken tore tor * down the th * read road Oe'd Oed H'e He Oe'dtake H'etake H * . ' < take the th * .hort hort short . hort cut . . . ' They'd Theyd 'Jbey"d Jbeyd " ' been bees beenJone beesgone * ) { gone Jone almost almo.t almot . an hour and anel & they &bel bel ' were wereon wereon oa on horseback . . . He H * d m.t mt meet a . t then them r i 1 1r 1e 1f 1c e f I I c , i in n ss , h She he nertea anorted snorted la In terrer terror and went went.tralarh wentstraight tralght .tralarh tralarh straight . & ay up ea on her hiad bind hind legsabout lep legs leg * about haltway halfway coming cominJ { back maybe maybeand maybeand maybeand and . see .ee ee the whole bunchmoving bunch movingHe movinJ moving movingHe { He d find ftnd dad a good place and hide .0 0 so sohis . .0hi hi bis his . fa father ther wouldn t |