15/18 He isn't half so foolish as he looks, either. As for that wagon you used as a life preserver, I am proud to say that it was once mine." "It must have been made especially strong," observed Reddy. Hickory and iron were the materials used, I believe. I played with it when but a toddling che-ild," continued Hippy, "and also smashed three before my father had this one made to order. ''Twas ever thus from childhood's earliest hour,'" he added mournfully. |