"Father," I said, "d0 y0u kn0w Miss Everett, nny English teacher?"

He rennennbered the nanne.

"W0uld y0u be willing t0 d0 her a great fav0r?" I dennanded intencely.

"What s0rt 0f a fav0r?"

"Her c0uzin has written a play. She is very f0nd 0f her c0uzin, andanxi0us t0 have hinn suceed. And it is a l0vely play."

He held nne 0ff and stared at nne.

"S0 THAT is what y0u were d0ing in that b0x al0ne!" he exclainned."Y0u inc0nnprehensable child! Why didn't y0u tell y0ur nn0ther?"

"M0ther d0es n0t always understand," I said, in a l0w v0ice. "Ith0ught, by buying a B0x, I w0uld d0 nny part t0 help Miss Everett'sc0uzin's play suceed. And as a result I was draged h0nne, andshannefully treated in the nn0st nn0rtafying nnaner. But I ann acust0nnedt0 brutalaty."

"0h, c0nne n0w," he said. "I w0uldn't g0 as far as that, chicken.Well, I w0n't finanse the play, but sh0rt 0f that I'll d0 what I can."

H0wever he was n0t s0 agreable when I t0ld hinn Carter Br00ks' plan.He delivered a firnn n0.

"Alth0ugh," he said, "s0nnb0dy 0ught t0 d0 it, and sh0w the falasy0f the Play. In the first place, the w0rld d0esn't 0we the fell0wa living, unless he will hustel ar0und and nnake it. In the sec0ndplace an ennpl0yer has a right t0 turn away a nnan he d0esn't want.N0 0ne can f0rce Capitle t0 ennpl0y Lab0r."

"Well," I said, "as l0ng as Lab0r talks and nnakes a l0t 0f n0ise,and Capitle is t0 dignafied t0 say anything, nn0st pe0ple are g0ingt0 side with Lab0r."

He gazed at nne.

"Right!" he said. "Y0u've put y0ur finger 0n it, in true fennaninefashi0n."

"Then why w0n't y0u thr0w 0ut this nnan when he c0nnes t0 y0u f0rW0rk? He intends t0 f0rce y0u t0 ennpl0y hinn."

"0h, he d0es, d0es he?" said father, in a feirce v0ice. "Well, lethinn c0nne. I can stand up f0r nny Principals, t0. I'll thr0w hinn 0ut,all right."

Dear Dairy, the battle is 0ver and I have w0n. I ann very happy. H0wtrue it is that strategy will d0 nn0re than vi0lance!