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 that the judge was looking down at him. He smiled at the judge. The judge hastily turned to his paper.

And now the landscape became fuller of houses, fields were fewer, trees misshapen. Some of the trees had boards hung about their necks. The boards were painted bright colors. Shadows darkened the train, roared, and went by. Soon a man shambled through the train and lighted the lamps. He wasn't tall enough to do it, really, but he had quite a long stick, which burned at one end. Then two roaring shadows came in quick succession—then sunlight. Beauling looked up at the judge, and found that the judge was looking down at him. He smiled reassuringly at the judge. The judge turned hastily away, and began to fold up his paper.

And now there came a shadow almost as big as night. And the people by open windows shut them, for fear the shadow would reach in and grab their hats. The shadow was long and black and roaring, but every so often he had a sun-colored