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Show -282- The Professor agreed only because he knew how badly she wanted i t . As he opened the door, the xrind struck him unpleasantly in the face. He hurriedly closed the car door, and told his wife to do the same, to preserve what l i t t l e warmth remained since they had stopped the engine. As they stepped across the log b a r r i e r , he took his wife's hand in h i s , and they began t h e i r s t r o l l. Midway between t h e i r car and the water, they ran into the scavaging couple, xmo were now returning from the oppos i t e direction to which they were moving when the Professor had f i r s t seen them? "Any luck?" he called when they got near him. The man shook his head. The woman held out her hand and showed two quarters and a dime in her palm. "Sixty cents," she said. "Do you get much doing this?" the Professor asked. "No," the man said. "Mostly i t ' s for exercise, so we'll walk, we can make ten dollars on a good week; mostly, i t 's four or five." "Well, good luck from here on," the Professor»s xrife called as they moved axay. She looked a t the Professor. "You ought to wear your h a t , " she told him. "I w i l l , if I feel the need," he said. As a matter of fact, he xas about a t that point, but he disliked anything on his head u n t i l i t xas absolutely necessary. |
