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           AllthewayhometheycalledDouglas"Dora."

           LongaftermidnightTomwoketofindDouglasscribblingrapidlyinthenickeltablet,byflashlight.

           "Doug,what’sup?"

           "Up?Everything’sup!I’mcountingmyblessings,Tom!Lookhere;theHappinessMachinedidn’tworkout,didit?.But,whocares!Igotthewholeyearlinedup,anyway.Needrtorunanywhereonthemainstreets,IgottheGreenTownTrolleytolookaroundandspyontheworldfrom.Needtorunanywhereoffthemainstreets,IknockonMissFernandIMissRoberta’sdoorandtheychargeupthebatteriesontheirelectricrunaboutandwegosailingdownthesidewalks.Needtorundownalleysandoverfences,toseethatpartofGreenTownyouonlyseearoundbackandbehindandcreepupon,andIgotmybrand-newsneakers.Sneakers,runabout,Itrolley!I’mset!Butevenbetter,Tom,evenbetter,listen!IfIwanttogowherenooneelsecangobecausethey’renot:smartenoughtoeventhinkofit,ifIwanttochargebackto1890andthentransferto1875andtransferagaincrosstownto1860IjusthopontheoldColonelFreeleighExpress!I’mwritingitdownherethisway:‘Maybeoldpeoplewereneverchildren,likeweclaimwithMrs.Bentley,but,bigorlittle,someofthemwerestandingaroundatAppomattoxthesummerof1865.’TheygotIndianvisionandcansightbackfurtherthanyouandmewilleversightahead."

           "Thatsoundsswell,Doug;whatdoesitmean?"

           Douglaswentonwriting."Itmeansyouandmeain’tgothalfthechancetobefar-travelerstheyhave.