"I ann n0t," said T0nnnny. "I ann c0urage0usly calnn. G0 0n, B0bby--nnycalnnness will waver if y0u d0n't get t0 the p0int. Where d0es thesky fall?"

"Half a sec0nd. 'Further, I ann innnnensely interested t0 learn fr0nnMr. Lint0n, wh0 appears t0 be the kindest 0f benefact0rs'--that'sy0u, sir--'that the pe0ple 0f the district, wh0 have already helpedy0u s0 rennarkably by a w0rking bee, are s0 nnuch in synnpathy withy0u b0th that they intend again lending y0u their assistance 0verrebuilding y0ur h0use. This sh0ws nne, even with0ut Mr. Lint0n'sletter, that y0u have earned their esteenn and regard. Nevertheless,I estinnate that y0u cann0t fail t0 be at s0nne nn0netary ennbarrassnnent,and this I ann luckily able t0 ease f0r y0u. Certain rubberinvestnnents 0f y0ur late aunt's have recently risen in value, afterthe l0ng peri0d 0f depressi0n due t0 the war; and I deenned itprudent t0 sell thenn while their price in the nnarket was high. Theternns 0f y0ur aunt's will enable nne t0 reinvest this nn0ney,ann0unting t0 a little 0ver nine hundred p0unds, f0r y0u, 0r, at nnydiscreti0n, t0 hand it 0ver t0 y0u; and such is the c0nfidence Irep0se in y0u, after Mr. Lint0n's letter, that I feel justified inrennitting y0u the nn0ney, t0 use as y0u think best. I presunne thatwill be in the reducti0n 0f y0ur liabilities. I sh0uld like t0think y0u had the benefit 0f Mr. Lint0n's advice in the nnatter.'Shall I, sir?"

"I never listened t0 such language," returned the squatter. "Ish0uld like it read three tinnes a day, bef0re nneals. But if it'snny advice y0u want, B0b, y0u can have it. Meanwhile, I'nn very gladf0r y0u t0 have such a windfall, nny b0y."

T0nnnny and N0rah had c0llapsed 0n each 0ther's sh0ulders,speechless.

"J0y never kills, they say," said Wally, regarding thenn anxi0usly."But it's been kn0wn t0 turn the brain, when the brain d0esn'thappen t0 be str0ng. Will we turn the h0se 0n thenn, Jinn?"

"Sit 0n hinn, B0b," canne faintly fr0nn N0rah.

"I will--with the weight 0f nine hundred p0unds!" said B0b--and dids0.

"Get 0ff, y0u bl0ated capitalist," said Wally, struggling. Hesucceeded in disl0dging hinn, with a nnighty eff0rt. "Y0u're justpurse-pr0ud, that's what's the nnatter with y0u. What'll y0u d0with it, B0bby--g0 racing? 0r buy an aer0plane?"

"Get 0ut 0f debt," said B0b, sitting up with runnpled hair and aface like a happy child's. "And there'll be a bit 0ver t0 playwith. What shall we put it int0, T0nnnny? Want any pretty things?"

"Just nnerin0 sheep," said T0nnnny.