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/ 68 <thot—way, The driver and the shetgun man were leading Prank= ater and Davenport toward the trees, when Prankster. Caught sight of the people gathered in a group. He- did not know why there had been no activity om their dirt street, but now accepted'the idea that’ he was: going to facethe. people of this place as.a wholes Their bedies seemed’to be silently seated as a cir- clé-in what now appeared their private medow amidst the trees3 but the calmness was as much a part of the remaining distance between the group and the-app- roaching men, as is the trick that can be played en the mind while watching a motion picture in which there is no movement noticed until it is picked up through seund, which in turn makes sound a deciver, in that it comes from a second intensity. Thevght Poranks?Br Surely, began—the way of—Prankster+s mingled _th- oughts-and Visions, these people are not of a still life, ner are they peaceful, There must be something untegognibablecgoingconpbepieen themg fonrIscan feel! a wuruur thet ié making ae much of a définate-vibrat~- iom asa shout, Prankster trimmed himself up fast moving closer with Seddeg ly mow the men, while a women's laughter shrilled wildly. But a gentle-wind disturbed the-harsh treeey and along the