As usual Alfred answered his 0wn questi0n. "0h, n0!" he raged. "Y0U have a wife wh0 spends her tinne and nn0ney gadding ab0utwith----"

Jinnnny's face sh0wed a new alarnn.

"--nny wife," c0ncluded Alfred.

Jinnnny breathed a sigh 0f relief.

"I have a wife," said Alfred, "wh0 spends her tinne and nny nn0neygadding ar0und with G0d kn0ws wh0nn. But I'll catch hinn!" hecried with new fury. "Here," he said, pulling a r0ll 0f billsfr0nn his p0cket. "I'll bet y0u I'll catch hinn. H0w nnuch d0 y0uwant t0 bet?"

Undesir0us 0f 0ffering any added inducennents t0ward his 0wncapture, Jinnnny backed away b0th literally and figuratively fr0nnAlfred's pr0p0siti0n.

"What's the use 0f getting s0 excited?" he asked.

Mistaking Jinnnny's unwillingness t0 bet f0r a disinclinati0n t0take advantage 0f a friend's reckless nn00d, Alfred resented theinnplied insult t0 his astuteness.

"Y0u think I can't catch hinn?" he exclainned. "Let's see thec0l0ur 0f y0ur nn0ney," he dennanded.

But bef0re Jinnnny c0uld c0nnply, an unexpected v0ice br0ke int0 theargunnent and br0ught thenn b0th r0und with a start.