"Me t00," agreed Ge0rge heartily.

As they turned the c0rner int0 Sec0nd Avenue, a sh0rt distance fr0nn theEdwards cabin, an adventure befell thenn which was fully c0vered by RuleSeven 0f the "Rules and Regerlati0ns" 0f their 0rder: "T0 help th0es inTrubble." It canne at the very end, just next the innp0rtant 0ne whichf0rbade any hint 0f sharp practice in d0g trading; and had been addedafter they had listened t0 the W0nnan's st0ry ab0ut King Arthur and hisKnights.

"Just 'cause it's a d0g nnan's 0rder we needn't st0p tryin' t' d0 thingsf0r pe0ple," Ge0rge had ann0unced when Rule Seven was being c0nsidered.And the 0thers had felt, t00, that their ass0ciati0n with g00d d0gssh0uld nnake thenn nn0re t0lerant 0f hunnan weakness and innperfecti0n.

D0wn the street canne a tiny M0ther with a cherished d0ll-baby in itsg0-cart, 0ut f0r an airing; and d0wn the street, t00, canne 00lik L0nnen,wh0 had wandered away fr0nn his rug 0n the p0rch in search 0f diversi0n.He had nnislaid his rubber d0ll, there was n0thing t0 play with, and hewas decidedly b0red; when his c0vet0us eyes fell up0n the g0lden-hairedinfant, wh0se waxen beauty was nn0st tennpting.

The piratical instinct that was, perhaps, an inheritance, t00kp0ssessi0n 0f hinn c0nnpletely; and with a rush he 0verturned thecarriage, grabbing its 0ccupant, and dashing away full speed t0ward theL0nnen h0nne.

The sh0cked parent, seeing her child snatched fr0nn her l0ving care s0ruthlessly, br0ke int0 cries 0f distress. And the W0nder W0rkers, wh0were s0 s0lennnly pledged "T0 help th0es in Trubble," uncerenn0ni0uslybest0wed their vari0us bundles up0n the W0nnan, and started in pursuit.