“Sit down here if you are tired,” said the man abruptly, throwing himself down under a wide-spreading tree by the roadside.
Tony stretched himself out at a little distance, and uttered a sigh of relief as he found himself permitted to rest.
Have you been thinking of this long?” asked Rudolph.
Of what?”
“Of not liking to be a tramp?”
“Yes.”
“You have not spoken of it before.”
“I’ve been thinking of it more lately.”
“How did that come?”
“I’ll tell you,” said Tony. “Don’t you remember last week when we passed by a schoolhouse? It was recess, and the boys were out at play. While you were away a few minutes, one of the boys sat down by me and talked. He told me what he was studying, and what he was going to do when he got older, and then he asked me about myself.”