"While he's gone Mrs. Boone goes 'n' drops a nickel down the chute, but she don't put it in the right side 'n' it trickles down into the box. When Orphy gets the car started after he's back, he turns 'round 'n' gives a sad look at the nickel in the box.
"'Stung!' says Peewee, 'n' I think he's goin' to fall off the car.
"'What ails that young man?' says Mrs. Boone to me. 'He seems to be havin' a spell.'
"'It ain't nothin',' I says. 'He'll be all right in a minute.'
"We lets Mrs. Boone off after while 'n' keeps on goin' fur a mile or so till we come to some gates. In gold letters over the gates is 'Ohio's Beauty Spot,' 'n' below that in bigger letters yet is 'Lake Minnehaha Park.' We goes through these gates 'n' there's the track. More'n half the center-field is took up by a baseball diamond. In the other half is a pond with a shoot-the-chutes runnin' down into it.
"'Where's the lake?' Peewee says to Orphy.
"'Right in front of your nose,' says Orphy, pointin' at the pond.
"'She's some body of water,' says Peewee. 'If you ain't careful a big rough guy'll come along here with a tin cup some dark night 'n' go south with her.'
"'I guess not,' says Orphy. 'She's four feet deep—in spots.'
"When we come in sight of the stalls, there's Butsy standin' in the rain with the hosses. A big bunch of Jaspers is holdin' a meetin' out in front of a row of bran'-new stalls that's just been put up. There's a hot argument goin' on 'n' they don't pay no attention to the rain.