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Chapter 17

           "AlongtheWestBluffRoad,WashingtonandSecondStreets,theyfinallymadetheirwayacrosstheHannibalBridgetoHarlem,andfromthencealongthewindingandhill-sentineledriverroadtoRandolphHeightsandMinaville.AndbeyondthatcameMosebyandLiberty,toandthroughwhichtheroadbedwasbetter,withinterestingglimpsesofsmallhomesteadsandthebleaksnow-coveredhillsofJanuary.

           Clyde,whoforallhisyearsinKansasCityhadneverventuredmuchbeyondKansasCity,Kansas,onthewestortheprimitiveandnaturalwoodsofSwopeParkontheeast,norfartheralongtheKansasorMissouriRiversthanArgentineontheonesideandRandolphHeightsontheother,wasquitefascinatedbytheideaoftravelwhichappearedtobesuggestedbyallthisdistanttravel.Itwasallsodifferentfromhisordinaryroutine.AndonthisoccasionHortensewasinclinedtobeverygenialandfriendly.Shesnuggleddownbesidehimontheseat,andwhenhe,notingthattheothershadalreadydrawntheirgirlstotheminaffectionateembraces,puthisarmaboutheranddrewhertohim,shemadenoparticularprotest.Insteadshelookedupandsaid:"I’llhavetotakemyhatoff,Iguess."Theotherslaughed.Therewassomethingaboutherquick,crispwaywhichwasamusingattimes.Besidesshehaddoneherhairinanewwaywhichmadeherlookdecidedlyprettier,andshewasanxioustohavetheothersseeit.

           "Canwedanceanywhereouthere?"shecalledtotheothers,withoutlookingaround.

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