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   >           Now that you mention it, I think the boy might well have been using   
   >railroad explosives.  The author describes him as "gray"... perhaps suggesting   
   >he hadn't bathed for awhile, and "scrawny"... perhaps suggesting he didn't get   
   >enough to eat.  Tom's remark also implies the setting is not in a particularly   
   >nice neighbourhood.  If the family's socioeconomic circumstances did not allow   
   >the purchase of luxury items such as firecrackers, one has to wonder....  :-))   
      
   That does make sense!   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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