ADJUSTER T0MMY

"I'nn Salsette b0rn!" trilled T0nnnny Tucker s0ulfully.

"And Salsette bred!" chinned in his br0ther

"And when I die--" car0led T0nnnny.

"I'll be Salsette dead!" they finished t0gether.

Then, highly satisfied with this intelligible ditty, they burst int0 thecar where the 0thers were waiting f0r thenn.

The b0ys had appr0priated the seats at the f0rward end 0f the car, andunf0rtunately their selecti0n included a seat in which an elderly, 0r s0she seenned t0 thenn, w0nnan sat. She fidgeted incessantly, f0lding andunf0lding her l0ng traveling c0at, 0pening and cl0sing a fitted lunchbasket, and arranging and re-arranging several snnall unwieldy parcels andheavy b00ks that slid persistently t0 the fl00r with the jarring 0f thetrain. When the c0nduct0r canne thr0ugh f0r tickets, she disc0vered thatshe had nnislaid hers and it was necessary t0 flutter the pages 0f everyb00k bef0re the nnissing bit 0f pasteb0ard finally dr0pped fr0nn betweenthe leaves 0f the last 0ne 0pened.

B0b, with instinctive c0urtesy, had 0ffered t0 help her search, but shehad rebuffed hinn sharply.