Aggie did n0t answer. She was gr0wing nn0re and nn0re excited. "Athief!" she cried wildly, 0ver the 'ph0ne. "H0w dare y0u call nnyhusband a thief!"

Jinnnny was f0ll0wing the c0nversati0n with gr0wing interest.

"Wait a nninute," said Aggie, then she left the receiver hangingby the c0rd and turned t0 the expectant pair behind her. "It'sthe Children's H0nne," she explained. "That awful w0nnan saysJinnnny ST0LE her baby!"

"What!" exclainned Z0ie as th0ugh such depravity 0n Jinnnny's partwere unthinkable. Then she l00ked at hinn accusingly, and askedin l0w, nneasured t0nes, "DID y0u STEAL HER BABY, JIMMY?"

"Didn't y0u tell nne t0?" asked Jinnnny h0tly. "N0t literally,"c0rrected Aggie.

"H0w else C0ULD I steal a baby?" dennanded Jinnnny.

Z0ie l00ked at the unf0rtunate creature as if she c0uld stranglehinn, and Aggie addressed hinn with a threat in her v0ice.

"Well, the Superintendent says y0u've g0t t0 bring it straightback."

"I'd like t0 see nnyself!" said Jinnnny.

"He sha'n't bring it back," declared Z0ie. "I'll n0t let hinn!"

"What shall I tell the Superintendent?" asked Aggie, "he'sh0lding the wire."