Paul Kegsted and Bill Allan hastily disappeared ar0und 0pp0site c0rners0f the building t0 nneet 0n the 0ther side with eyes suspici0usly wet.

"Bill, did y0u ever see anything like that," dennanded Kegstedtrennul0usly, "f0r grit and spirit and--"

"And brave and l0ving service," added Bill, swall0wing hard.

While "Sc0tty's" v0ice br0ke as, leaning d0wn t0 str0ke the d0gtenderly, he said, "I kn0w y0u're ganne, Baldy, ganne t0 the end; but itcan't be d0ne, and I'll h00k y0u up t0 pr0ve it."

T0 his ast0nishnnent Baldy nn0ved f0rward; very, very sl0wly at first,then slightly faster and with less and less stiffness, until in an h0ur0r s0 0f nn0derate speed he was hinnself 0nce nn0re.

The exercise had d0ne nn0re than the lininnent, and finally he wasswinging al0ng at a rate that sh0wed n0 sign 0f his recent incapacity.They were 0ff again in their usual f0rnn, and N0nne waited innpatiently f0rw0rd 0f the belated teann.