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тАЬThe baby was falling!тАЭ

тАЬGosh!тАЭ

тАЬI caught him just as he went over.тАЭ

тАЬGosh, thanks.тАЭ

тАЬYou weren't holding him right, you dope! The sweet little thing might have been badly hurt!тАЭ
It had worked fine.

He had her purse now.



THERE was the fat man across the aisle, though. He might have seen what had happened. It was hard to
tell. The fat manтАФhe was a big fat man, quite different-looking from most fat men, who look short or
round, or at least chunkyтАФclosed his eyes again. If he'd seen, he wasn't going to do anything about it.

The swap had been simply managed. It was a swap. The girl's purse was long, black. He had another
purse just like it. They had managed to buy this purse in Chicago before the train left. The girl had simply
put her purse down, on her left side as Brigham Pope had said she would, and he had taken it and made
a substitution. He had put the purse they had bought in its place.

He didn't leave right away.

He wondered if the long, fat man had really seen. If so, why the hell was he keeping quiet? Maybe he
was waiting for the conductor to come by. Or the Military Police.

The girl was telling Brigham Pope the way he was taking care of the baby was a crime. тАЬYou weren't
even holding on to him!тАЭ

тАЬI dozed off, I guess.тАЭ

тАЬYou idiot! He could have had a bad fall!тАЭ She was a girl who said what she thought. She added, тАЬYou
have to watch them every minute, particularly when they're that age!тАЭ

тАЬYeah. This'n jumps around like a flea, never still a minute.тАЭ

тАЬHow old is she?тАЭ

тАЬEleven months.тАЭ

тАЬEleven! She looks older, the little dear.тАЭ

тАЬShe's big for her age.тАЭ

The girl was looking at the baby the way women look at babies. She chucked its chin. The baby hadn't
bawled, although she'd been a little scared. The baby relaxed and smiled. It had a nice smile. It was a
cute baby.