I was deeply incensed with Father because he had punished me for playing truant from school.

I went upstairs to my room and packed three neckties, a boxing glove, two books, a baseball and a picture of myself in baseball clothes in a suit case.

I carried the bat, and as a last precaution I took a toy pistol and my bank, which boasted of sixty-four cents.

I started at about eight o'clock in the evening and went as far as the summer house at the lower end of our grounds.

I sat down to rest, went to sleep and woke up about two o'clock in the morning.