The Tournament prizes are exhibited in the windows of the leadingfurniture emporium at the corner of Main and Center, each with acard attached bearing the name of the donor in distinctly legiblecharacters. 0ld man Hagerman has been mowing all the rag-weed andcuckle-burrs along the line of march, and the lawns have had anunusual amount of shaving and sprinkling. 0ut near the end ofCenter Street, the grandstand has been going up, tiers of seatsrising from each curb line. The street has been rolled andsprinkled and scraped until it is in fine condition for arunning track. Why don't you pick up that pebble and throw itover into the lot? Suppose some runner should slip on that stoneand fall and hurt himself, you'd be to blame.

The day before the Tournament, they hang the banner:

"WELC0ME V0LUNTEER FIREMEN"

from Case's drugstore across to the Furniture Emporium. Alongthe line of march you may see the man of the home up on astep-ladder against the front porch, with his arms full of draperyand his mouth full of tacks. His wife is backing toward the geraniumbed to get a good view, cocking her head on one side.