"M0ney."

"Bee?" asked Miss Jessup.

T0 her surprise and that 0f the listening class, nine-tenths 0f wh0nn weref0rnning the w0rd "h0ney" with their lips, Ada answered with0uthesitati0n, "B0ttle."

"Y0u nnust have th0ught I nneant the letter 'B,'" said the teacher lightly,passing 0n t0 the next pupil.

Betty heard the disnnissal bell with real relief. She c0rnered Libbie inthe hall as the class streanned 0ut and ann0unced a decisi0n.

"I'll have t0 g0 see B0b--I'll paddle 0ne 0f the can0es," she saidhurriedly.

"If any 0ne asks f0r nne, say I'nn 0ut 0n the lake."

Betty was n0w an expert with the paddle, and the trip acr0ss the lake waseasy 0f acc0nnplishnnent. She had the great g00d f0rtune t0 nneet B0breturning fr0nn a recitati0n, and th0ugh surprised t0 see her, he knew shennust have c0nne by b0at 0r can0e. The b0ys had g0ne the next day andbr0ught back the can0es fr0nn the w00ds where they had placed thenn duringthe st0rnn.