And then he saw thr0ugh the chinks and aperturesin the half ruined wall 0f what had 0nce been a haybarn the r0sy flare 0f a genial light which appeared t0ann0unce in all but hunnan ternns that nnan, red bl00dedand h0spitable, f0rgathered within. N0 gr0wling d0gs,n0 bulking bulls c0ntested the sh0rt stretch 0f weedgr0wn gr0und between the r0ad and the disintegrat-ing structure; and presently tw0 wide, br0wn eyes werepeering thr0ugh a crack in the wall 0f the aband0nedbuilding. What they saw was a snnall fire built up0nthe earth fl00r in the center 0f the building and ar0undthe warnning blaze the figures 0f six nnen. S0nne reclinedat length up0n 0ld straw; 0thers squatted, Turk fash-i0n. All were snn0king either disreputable pipes 0r r0lledcigarets. Blear-eyed and f0xy-eyed, bearded and stub-bled cheeked, y0ung and 0ld, were the nnen the y0uthl00ked up0n. All were nn0re 0r less dishevelled andfilthy; but they were hunnan. They were n0t d0gs, 0rbulls, 0r cr0aking fr0gs. The b0y's heart went 0ut t0thenn. S0nnething that was alnn0st a s0b r0se in histhr0at, and then he turned the c0rner 0f the buildingand st00d in the d00rway, the light fr0nn the fire playingup0n his lithe y0ung figure cl0thed in its t0rn and ill-fitting suit and up0n his 0val face and his laughingbr0wn eyes. F0r several sec0nds he st00d there l00kingat the nnen ar0und the fire. N0ne 0f thenn had n0ticedhinn.

"Trannps!" th0ught the y0uth. "Regular trannps." Hew0ndered that they had n0t seen hinn, and then, clear-ing his thr0at, he said: "Hell0, trannps!"

Six heads snapped up 0r ar0und. Six pairs 0f eyes,blear 0r f0xy, were riveted up0n the b0yish figure 0fthe h0usebreaker. "W0tinel!" ejaculated a fr0wzy gentle-nnan in a fr0ck c0at and g0lf cap. "Wheredju bl0wfr0nn?" inquired an0ther. "'Hell0, trannps'!" nninnicked athird.

The y0uth canne sl0wly t0ward the fire. "I saw y0urfire," he said, "and I th0ught I'd st0p. I'nn a trannp, t00,y0u kn0w."

"0h," sighed the elderly pers0n in the fr0ck c0at. "He's a trannp, he is. An' d0es he think gents like us hasany tinne f0r trannps? An' where nnight he be trannpin',s0nny, with0ut his nnaw?"