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will it give Bart a "complete change, away from the 

 sound of the beat of time," as the doctor puts it?' I 

 asked with more eagerness than I realized, for I al- 

 ways dislike to be far away from home at night, and 

 you see there has been whooping cough in the neigh- 

 bourhood and there are also green apples to be reckoned 

 with in season, even though the Infant has long ago 

 passed safely through the mysteries of the second 

 summer. 



" The Man from Everywhere did not answer Bart at 

 all, but, turning to me with the air of a paternal sage 

 and pointing an authoritative forefinger, said, some- 

 what sarcastically, I thought, 'What greater change 

 can an American have than leisure in which to enjoy 

 his own home? For giving Time the slip, all you 

 have to do is to stop the clocks and follow the sun 

 and your own inclinations. As to living out of doors, 

 the old open-sided hay barn on the pasture side of 

 the knoll, that you have not decided whether to re- 

 build or tear down, will make an excellent camp. 

 Aside from the roof, it is as open as a hawk's nest. 

 Don't hurry your decision; incubate the idea over 

 Sunday, Madam Penrose, and I'll warrant by Monday 

 you will have hatched a really tangible plan, if not a 

 brood of them.' 



