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" Just now I got looking lookingthis atths a athis at ths this ! damn phone I was thinking thlnkln thlnklnIt thinkfa.It thinkfaIt . 1 It never talked to hiin bhn him All I d have haveto hay hayto haito to do would be b * lift utt it up and ask aske as ase alib e * operator to gat get that number numberdid number"did numberdid 1did I 1 " did lilt lift l tl ' 11 It UP and whispered Ol OlSt Old OldSt 0St Id St St . . 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EH Everybody rybodY who told us the mag- mag mag'tZiI mag1zh matozli ' , - - such an amusing ideaw idea ideav ldv ( 'tZiI tZiI 1zh ' c e a was v w , . s < ; ni m nc w saying of ot course PhlladeI PhUadelJ PhiladebI PhUadel- PhUadel Philadeb - town tor foe foehit thit ( > r t the kind of J I I 1 I l i i l t wasn wasp hit \ \ ' t sort Oft ' > of thing Some Som * of the thelH thehertisers trlurtLsers hertisers lH rtl.sers rtlsers . cancelled their con conIrt conacts corict-s corict s Irt acts . others wanted to Insist on or ore c - out the number of Ise it 1s- 1s Is- Is - 1st - - e ( < r getting t e < tlicv tlH'V tlHV they ' bargained for Wyn Wynt Wyt Into a conference conterence he was war wasJ warI w t ( illed dl\'d dl 'd d cued \ ' me and Bill BUl and andI a ai . 1 J I i\ i 1\ 1 n ing 1ng \ ng rig with Parry the bank Ho He said saidtI sal salII i I J \ wur w'tr wtr \ ' t r from 0.1J II 11 tI e < ( u \ had arranged arra.nged . a compromisn compromisefl compromiseIi compromise 0.1 01 fl Ii ' en I'n In I noticed howUlhapPY how \ unhappy \UlhapPY UlhapPY ' Wyn WynI Wy1 started me thinkini thinkingI thinkingt thinking I 1 It x x keel kNI ked : It I t e I ' about him than about me 1 1I I Ia he was feeling lousy tx be txe bee ; I a ( r > ) il d 11\ 11 11tell 1 \ tell e { ' he ht ' had taken the trouble to toI toI tI I t n a blue pin stripe and look lookJ loo1 ) the thej th1 J 1 k big bu business lness That meant \ . of theAr the theAI thAi . , career as Patron j 1 cf ( c t f hlh h1.o h1o his AI Ar 'ind s 'i i ' ' \ ind \nd nd and return to the bankWI bankWe bank bankW WI We W ( dictated letters a while andu and andld an\\ an anlid too but we both bothk botk u \ \ \ \ lid \ld ld a good Job k tw f ( w what ve we \ , e were thinking of ofl o,1 o1 , l WT or xir > baby I can see now maybe maybeI mayt1 make makeGood makfcood 1 I e p ( ' felt he was committed to bood Good with me Thats tlie the way wayman a aman man would feel Thank good goodi goodr to know later that thatwa thatwarn thwasn * I r ( ' ess 'is is ' I got of itAfter itAfter It ItAfter wa warn < ; n t the way After awhile he stopped and we wen wereally wnally really n ally looked at each other the theflrt thefirst thfirst flrt first . , time In several days I didn dldn didnlikp t tilkI tlike ilkI like ' turn him In that dark suit even evenI eve1 I 1 Is eyes were darker and his neck necktie necktie necktie tie was sort of ot downtown and raid raidBourse andBourse anBourse Bourse lookingKitty lookingKitty look-Ing look Ing looking lookIngKitty - Kitty when I was at school schoolt schoolthey scho schothey < t they ) wy ga gave ve me the louse part in 1 inSorne : , > some Sorne ome Shakespeare play As AJJ You YouLike YouLike YoLike Like It I had to be an old fool foolIII foolin fo foin < in III in a long white beard and my big bigline bigrive blline line rive w was In my youth I never didapply did didapply dlapply apply hot and rebellious liquors In Inm inmy 1 ; my m ; ) blood You might remind me meof meof nof of that sometimes Put It In the thetickler thetickler thtickler tickler fileAfter f1eAfter \ file f1\e f1 e fileAfter After while he said That old oldbird oldbird olbird bird In the play the guy who whodldn whodidn whdidn dldn didn t drink hootch said he was wasfro wasfrosty wafrosty frosty fro ty but kindly That sounds likeJuleps like likeJuleps llkjuleps Juleps I bet no one ever had a aJuley ajuley ; Juicy Juley In November befor betore before betoree11 * \-e11 e11 We'll Well We'llgo \ We Wego - ; e11go ' go round to market and buy some somemint somemint sommint mint and have Duval make us usone usone uone ' one Mint julep was only a name to tome t tcme < me but I let him go and do the themarketing thmarketing ( . marketing for It while I got on or onI orwith onwith i ) . with \ Ith the letters and he phoned me mefrom mefrom mefrom I from from Duval s s when It was ready readyTI readyTI readyTl TI e frost fro'lt frolt ' Is I < ; on the punkin punkln and andII andti andtl II ti tia f t a ' fodder fodders s in the shock he sald said sald"nd saidend saidind "nd nd end " I didn t know what he meant meanttill meanttill meanttill , till I saw the glasses Hop . rcab , cab'I cab 'I I ' hree nice words hop a cab'to cab 'to to ' o 0 me that always means Wyne Wyn e ( < llli 1111 lilt f R g , from somewhere with somerllzy somec some c < ( rnzy rllzy razy ideaIt IdeaIt Idea IdeaIt someI I Itl.PS It Wfs \l.PS l.PS was \ . mid afternoon and the theback theback theback back room room at Duvall Duval s So . was empty emptyI 1 I gue IUPSS guess < ; . < ; Wyn had crept up on onen oneII one onea II a ready he \ was as looking better I 1 1was Iwas was ' \ as all set et to tell hhn him not to be beto beto beto to tocorrv orrv corrv < abo aOO it the magazine be beII beIi beii II K R g a He fli fk p and maybe the stock stockmarket stockmarket stockmarket market cra&h crah crash & gave us an alibi for forwhat torwhat what \ hat would have happened any anyway anyway anyway way While I was figuring U1e the U1enght theright Uieright nght right way to say It he cam came outsith out outith sith \ ith lth the same Id Ida Idpa a So I was hold holdII holdli II c g back not letting on that tha.t . I dbeen d dbeen bt'en bten been ' thinking just that It Its s good goodfor goodfor for forv \v v \ WMI , ' n ii not always alwavs to be toldsmebody told smebody < , * > ( me mpbody body else has had his ideasf IdeasI Ideas f I t I Mastsholding Ma Ma'vbp Mavbp Masts- Masts \ ' be - holding anything back backsort back011 ,01 01 sort < , ' ' t of shows through on your yourf f r e lie he 11 ( ' said sold lld ! It Isn Isnt t ( fair fairWhat fa.lrWhat falrWhat air airWhat . What Isn t fair fair1 fairM ? \1 1 li " \ iking 4cing \ in g your eyes so big bigt t s . , thia thl'l thll this ' jwt julep > p It s almost as asi- asi asi1 ! \ . - 1 I s < ; a c chocolate hoeola te cok coke . . ' - ' nicwhere nH'where nHwhere roe-where roe where ' - at the h bottom h'Jttom hJttom ' ttom of thatIIp that 1 IIp ) 1 I p ma inaibe maybe ) be It came up through throughtl throughII II tl tlstraw straw Ira\\ Ira IraWyn \ Wyn found the idea of < ( r poing going to PoconoWvn Pocono . * . * . W\ W Wn Wvn \ n is it all right to think back backlbout backabout backabout lbout about ! . Pocono ? You dont don t need to toI tot.xpect toI toI I expect t.xpect txpect . , xpect they keep you busy you vegot yegot ve ye got rot too muchsense much sense to think back backI backabo backabo abo I ! bo t things . . . The . Main M.aln Maln LIne Unes Lines 8 too toosoc toosocial toosocial social soc lal socialWe . . . We ' sat In bathing suits In the thesun thesun thesun sun on that big log down by the theedge theedge theedge edge of the . water wa.ter The autumnblew autumn autumnblew autumnblew blew out over the pond and the theair theair theair air had a sting to it as soon 80)11 8011 ( ) as N the thesun thesun thesun sun got low Wyn said aa1c1 the Poco- Poco Paco- Paco - - - I , no country country was a great place plac * to tosnakebite For tor snakebite we w * better bettet keep a . flask final ( U flaskhandy finalhandy handy Jemember remember htndL ; ! That Thats Th < lt s * the way y I Jemem- Jemem remem rernei " - . ber Prohibition , . tbe the th * whiskey was wasalways wa waalways " , always warm warty . from front being carried 0 o on onsome ] " some same ? 1 ! . me one e ! A hlp hip ltut But we dldn didn t tdrink drink Harr1.sburgI HarrisburgI much , not after a.fter . Harrlsbu Harrisburg Harr1.sburg Harr1sburg . - Jwouldnt I wouldn t to 10 6o to that town agaJn again , ' Wyn , saitli saide said , "not not " if 1f thy they * mad made * me megovernor am amgovernor ? - ? governor of the Staf State I 1 wu was so soplMtered se seplastered plastered plMtered that night I 1 dldn didn didnt t everee even ever even.ee - ? " -ee ee .ee . - what you look like You 1001lovely look 1001 looklovely lo lolovely ok lovely ' LIke Llk * that touch of chill to In the theJr tha thatr -g g - ir Jr tr remembering the misery made madebeing madebeing mabeing ? . being happy all an the th * sweeter It Ijood , s sJoad Joad good to remember rememb < : r us talking . , , we weNere we wexere \ , _ Nere xere ere sirnpl simple * and nd twct sweet * We went wentout wentout out In a canoe and he h * called me meI'he meI7re ' rhe I'he Ihe I7re Lady of the Lake'That Lake "That That 'That . ' " s a * tunny funny you should say saythat saythat s ; -y y - - that it Its s my tavortt favorite * poem I was war wasw.t waruat . u&t ut w.t wt uat & thinking thlnldnr of it itWe're itWe're We're Were ' ' funny people We W * Just justpluck . click pluck l1ck don dont t we w I 111 II U be your stag stagI stagat stagat sti - at eve ve I eveHold Hold steady now I'm Im ' ' ' go1ng going to todive todive dive overboard See how nicely nicelyI nice ] _ I 1 can do It won t even splash you " But Wyn how will wlli ) ' you 'OU OU get getback getback back ? I won wont t 111 nl Ill tow you InLet inLet In InLet Let me swim In tooIt tooIt too tooIts It Its 8 a too to ( ) far tar for tor you The wat- wat water wat'r - . er 'r r ' 8 s * cold coldIt It makea make1i makes me roe feel teel clean just to tothink tohank ' ( Q think hank about It His lips were a aw- aw aw'ully W- W Wfully - - _ fully 'ully ully ' cold after swimming so he hebuilt hetuilt built tuilt a big fire in the cabin for tor us usto uso to o get dressed by byAs byAs As good almoAt alm06t almrntt as mountains mountainsand mountainstad and tad waterfalls watertalls and the canoe and andthe andhe the he firelight on the cabin rafters rafterswas raftersras was ras Wyn remembering to bring bringalong bringlong brir briralong along long a 11 d . whole case of coke for tor me mebecause metecause nbecaus - becaus because tecause * he knew I dedn didn didnt t care caresuch , ' Tluch 11uch such tor for llqior lIqtor liquor I tried to keep keephim keepdm , him dm company with drinks bu but t It Itonly itmy only my put me to sleep What sleephat sleep sleepthat , that hat was too 1) 1 h l ) ing tog on a mattress in intront inront front tront ront of the fire your body singrig sing singIng Ing rig with exercise and cold moun- moun mountain mounsin mour - - . tain sin water and love and watching watchingthe watchinghe - the he light on Wyn Wyns Wyna s face while whUe ne newos netea waa wos tea reading me a little book of of1Oem ofoems wems 1Oem oems he hI " brought along It s fun funny funy ny y how you can t listen with your youreyelids youryelids eyelids yelids cloaed closed I tried hard It Itwon iton won wont on t workWe work , , We werr weTP were th there ( > r three doy day ' " < and andtree an d three tree nights I had a kind ofun of ofI ) and chile chilehen \ hlle hllewhen ; I pim p'lIn plIn ' un In mv any mind once a when hen I thought I had told a lie to toop toop op and BPd sod Myrtle MyrUe but If It youre ) OU oure re go goling goig gcIng ling Ing ig to live llve your , 0\1 0 1 own \ . n I 1 1 . fe withoi without withoutI it I > , . ; , , , 4ii Wi- Wi - : ' ? . \ ' , WiWw k"1W k1W ' : ' " Ww ' < " ' ; ' 'i i ' ti I < , , } , " . \ , . 4ft , ; ' : ' . 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