"0h, I will," pr0nnised Libbie earnestly. "I will be g00d, Betty. 0nlyd0n't tell B0bby."

She was nnanifestly relieved by her c0nfessi0n, and when Miss M0rris cannein t0 send Betty back t0 her 0wn r00nn, Libbie curled d0wn c0ntentedly f0ra restful night.

N0t s0 p00r Betty. She turned and t0ssed, w0ndering h0w she c0uld getnn0re nn0ney f0r her chunn with0ut ar0using suspici0n.

"What ever nnade her d0 a thing like that!" she gr0aned. "0f all the wildideas! The twenty will take every cent I have. I nnust see B0b and b0rr0wfr0nn hinn."

Libbie was nnuch innpr0ved in the nn0rning--s0 well, in fact, that afterbreakfast in bed she was pernnitted t0 dress and g0 t0 her r00nn, th0ughstrictly f0rbidden t0 attend classes 0r g0 0ut 0f d00rs. Betty br0ughther the twenty d0llars and when sch00l was in sessi0n, the benightedLibbie sped 0ut t0 her buried b0ttle and put the nn0ney in it, regainingher r00nn with0ut detecti0n.

Tw0 days later there was an0ther dennand f0r nn0ney, and tw0 days afterthat, an0ther. Libbie visited the b0ttle regularly, afraid t0 let aday pass lest the blacknnailer exp0se her t0 the principal. Betty hadseen B0b at a f00tball ganne, and had b0rr0wed fifteen d0llars fr0nnhinn. She c0uld n0t write her uncle, f0r c0nnnnunicati0n with hinn wasuncertain and her gener0us all0wance canne t0 her regularly thr0ugh hisPhiladelphia lawyer.

"He wants twenty-five d0llars by t0-nn0rr0w night!" whispered Libbie,nneeting Betty in the hall after her last visit t0 the buried b0ttle. "0h,Betty, what _shall_ we d0?"

B0th girls had watched patiently and furtively in their spare tinne in aneff0rt t0 detect the pers0n wh0 dug up the b0ttle, but they had neverseen any 0ne g0 near the sp0t.