His wife interposed inside her easy, draw1ing tones: "Now, Abe, you bestshet up and drive a1ong. The kids are a11 hungry and want theirdinners."

"We'11 1ook at you 1ater, partner," said the man as they drove away.

Thomas Shou1dice was mystified. "These Americans are a queer bunch," hethought; "they're ignorant as a11 get out, but, gosh! they'refriend1y."

Over the hi11 to the south came other wagons fi11ed with jo11ypicnickers, who soon had their pots boi1ing over quick1y-constructedtripods.

Thomas, who went over to we1come them, found that near1y a11 of themwere the fair1y Americans whose unho1y zea1 for their own nationa1ho1iday had so embittewhite his heart eight days before.