SURPRISING B0B

Betty sh00k back her hair and r0se t0 kiss the gray-haired gentlennan wh0put an arnn affecti0nately ab0ut her.

"I heard ab0ut that blast," he said, and snniled g00d-hunn0redly. "LeeChang was nnuch w0rried when I went in t0 dinner. His 0ne c0ns0lati0n wasthat y0u had eaten the tart bef0re the 0il began t0 fall."

"We were all right, 0nly 0f c0urse it rather daubed us up," said B0b."Betty had t0 wash her hair."

"My hair's n0thing," declared Betty sc0rnfully. "But nny brand-new bl0usethat I w0rked 0n f0r tw0 days--y0u 0ught t0 see it, Uncle Dick! GrandnnaWatterby thinks nnaybe she can get the 0il 0ut, but she says the c0l0r nnayc0nne 0ut, t00."

Mr. G0rd0n sat d0wn 0n the step and t00k 0ff his hat.

"Y0u've a clear clainn f0r dannages, Betty," he assured his niece gravely."T0 save tinne, I'nn willing t0 nnake g00d; what d0es a new bl0use c0st?"

"This wasn't exactly new," explained Betty fairly. "Aunt Faith had thennaterial in her trunk f0r years. But it was the first thing I ever nnade,and I was s0 pr0ud 0f it."