Once his father rallied him upon his "grumpiness"; then he grew sullen--though trying to smile--thinking with mortification of his grandfather.

He understood the old man now.
He was glad when the week came to an end.

Bruised, bewildered, shamed, but loyal still and resentful toward others who might see as he did, he was glad when his father went--this time as Professor Alfiretti, doing a twenty-minute turn of hypnotism and mind-reading with the Gus Levy All-Star Shamrock Vaudeville, playing the "ten-twenty-thirties," whatever they were!.