Chapter 2, Duel in the Snow, or Red Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid Summary

This story opens with Ralph's recollection of his encounter with the woman at the Automat. He is eating chicken potpie when he encounters the woman with the strange 'Disarm the Toy Industry' button. When he asks her about it, she exclaims, "It's an outrage the way the toymakers are forcing the implements of blasphemous War on the innocent children, the Pure in Spirit, the tiny babes who are helpless and know no better!" She hands Ralph a pamphlet that explains her views, and glares at him when she spies the remnants of his lunch, crying out, "Those who eat meat, the flesh of our fellow creatures, the innocent slaughtered lamb of the field, are doing the work of the...