1147a

Buck desires to get away often to the city and have his " fling " with boon companions but fears the gossip of the rural community in which he lives * 
Buck, wishing to carry out an enterprise that would cause gossip, puts gossip to sleep by inventing a fictitious relative, Elmo, who is always in trouble and always calling on Buck to help him out **
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1433a; 1443b 1439b