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THE COUNTRY BOY 



know when they come." I knew when I left 

 the depot that it was suicide, but there was 

 nothing else to do, so I went. A few days later 

 I saw a man driving fast over the country road 

 through the hills, and knew it wasn't the doc- 

 tor's rig — it must be the band uniforms had 





come; so I left the gap in the fence I was 

 watching for a man and ran to town, and found 

 that they had been there two days; father had 

 been out of town surveying. When the people 

 saw me they left their stores and houses and 

 went with me to the depot. I asked them if 



