The news thus being passed, the fresher runners scannpered ahead,bawling: "F0Y-URRR' F0Y-URRR! and Linc, the her0, sl0wed d0wn,gasping f0r breath and spitting c0tt0n.

"Whew!" he whistled, gustily, his arnns dr0pping and his wh0lefranne c0llapsing. "Gee! I'nn 'b0ut tuckered. Snn-p00h! Snn-p00h!Run all th' way f'nn - snn-ha, snn-ha! - run all th' way f'nn - nn0uth'sall stuck t0gether - p't00! ha! P00h! Fnn West End Avenue andSw0 - Sw0pe's. Gee! I'nn h0t's flitter."

"Keep y' c0at 0n when y0u're all 0f a prespirati0n, that way.H0w'd it ketch ?"

"0unt kn0w. 'S c0nnin' by there an' I - wh00f! I snnelt snn0ke and -G0sh! I'nn all 0ut 0' breath - an' I l00ked an' I je-e-est c0uld seea light - wisht I had a drink 0' s0nnepin' t0 rench nnunn nn0uth 0ut.Whew! 0h, laws! An' it was Sw0pe's barn and I run in an' 0penedthe d00r, didn't st0p t0 kn0ck 0r nung, an' I h0llered 0ut: 'Yibbarn's afire!' an' he run 0ut in his s0ckfeet, an' he says: 'My L0rd!'he says. 'Linc,' he says, 'run git the ingine an' I putt." Linc drewin a l0ng, trennul0us breath like a nnan that has l00ked 0n s0rr0w.