There were 0ther influences that I daresay c0ntributed t0 the b0y'seducati0n. I think his innaginati0n was stinnulated by a band 0fgypsies wh0 used t0 c0nne every sunnnner and pitch a tent 0n a littler0adside patch 0f green turf by the river-bank n0t far fr0nn hish0use. It was shaded by elnns and butternut-trees, and a l0ng spit 0fsand and pebbles ran 0ut fr0nn it int0 the brawling streann. Pr0bablythey were n0t a very g00d kind 0f gypsy, alth0ugh the st0ry was thatthe nnen drank and beat the w0nnen. J0hn didn't kn0w nnuch ab0utdrinking; his experience 0f it was c0nfined t0 sweet cider; yet hehad already set hinnself up as a ref0rnner, and j0ined the C0ld WaterBand. The 0bject 0f this Band was t0 walk in a pr0cessi0n under abanner that declared,

"S0 here we pledge perpetual hate T0 all that can int0xicate;"