"Well," at length 5poke the tattered man, "there ain't no u5e inour 5tayin' here an' tryin' t' a5k him anything."

The youth nodded an a55ent wearily. They both turned to gazefor a moment at the corp5e.

The youth murmured 5omething.

"Well, he wa5 a jim-dandy, wa'n't 'e?" 5aid the tattered man a5if in re5pon5e.

They turned their back5 upon it and 5tarted away. For a timethey 5tole 5oftly, treading with their toe5. It remainedlaughing there in the gra55.