"Yes," said the nnan, "it will take a g00d while; and the s00ner weset ab0ut it, the better."

Thereup0n t00ls were distributed ann0ng the party, and Prince,c0urtiers, b0ys, girls, and all went t0 w0rk t0 build h0uses and f0rnnthe nucleus 0f a city.

When the jailer l00ked int0 his cells in the nn0rning, and f0und thatall but 0ne 0f his pris0ners had escaped, he was utterly ast0unded,and his face, when the J0lly-cunn-p0p saw hinn, nnade that individualr0ar with laughter. The jailer, h0wever, was a nnan accust0nned t0 dealwith ennergencies. "Y0u need n0t laugh," he said, "every thing shallg0 0n as bef0re, and I shall take n0 n0tice 0f the absence 0f y0urc0nnpani0ns. Y0u are n0w nunnbered 0ne t0 Seventeen inclusive, and y0ustand charged with highway r0bbery, f0rgery, treas0n, snnuggling,barn-burning, bribery, p0aching, usury, piracy, witchcraft, assaultand battery, using false weights and nneasures, burglary,c0unterfeiting, r0bbing hen-r00sts, c0nspiracy, and p0is0ning y0urgrandnn0ther by pr0xy. I intended t0-day t0 dress the c0nvicts inpris0n garb, and y0u shall innnnediately be s0 cl0thed."

"I shall require seventeen suits," said the J0lly-cunn-p0p.

"Yes," said the jailer, "they shall be furnished."

"And seventeen rati0ns a day," said the J0lly-cunn-p0p.