XXXI 



OTHER PEDESTRIANS 



"The Walking Party" had arrived at the place 

 agreed upon. The firewood was being collected 

 and forked sticks for the coflfee-pail were already 

 in place. Two of the party had drifted away from 

 the rest, in a way they were beginning to have, 

 in spite of that article in the Walking Party's con- 

 stitution which said: "All definite tendencies shall 

 be discouraged." (This by the way was the only 

 article ; it was not written, but frequently spoken.) 

 These two, then, found themselves at the mouth 

 of what seemed to be a defunct brook. Somehow 

 it occurred to both simul- 

 taneously that they had come 

 out on purpose to explore 

 this stream bed, and with 

 faces toward its source they 

 began to investigate. 



It was August and the 

 fall flowers were in posses- 

 sion of the open spaces. As 

 we went further, the shade 

 grew denser and the plants 

 became more woodsy. On 

 a bed of piled-up leaf mold 

 glowed the red spikes of 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit, and the 



BUNCH-BERRY 



