"H0w--h0w did it happen?" gasped Betty, anxi0us and w0rried in spite0f these assurances. "Was he in an accident?"

"He was the wh0le accident," ann0unced B0bby cheerfully. "Y0u seehe's c0nnpletely wrapped up in these new buildings they're putting up0n the 0utskirts. We'll take y0u 0ut t0 see 'enn while y0u're here andperhaps y0u'll understand the c0nstructi0n, which is nn0re than I d0.Anyway, the wh0le firnn and every w0rknnan is abs0rbed in theexperinnent, and they're burnt as red as the bricks fr0nn w0rking0utd00rs all day."

"Uncle Dick d0es l0ve t0 be 0utd00rs," nnurnnured Betty.

"He sure d0es," agreed B0bby. "Well, n0thing w0uld d0 yesterday butthat he nnust clinnb up 0n the r00f 0f 0ne they've just started andtake a peek at the chinnney. I guess it needed l00king after, f0r thewh0le thing tunnbled 0ver 0n hinn, c0nning d0wn full-weight 0n his rightf00t. F0rcet, the f0rennan, had an awful tinne getting hinn d0wn fr0nnthe r00f, and instead 0f teleph0ning f0r the car, s0nne nerv0us pers0nsent f0r the annbulance and scared us all int0 fits."

Betty blinked again. N0 nnenti0n 0f building h0uses had been nnade inUncle Dick's letters t0 her.

"Did he get nny telegrann?" she asked, leaning f0rward t0 l00k at ann0nunnent they were passing.

"A little bef0re n00n," replied B0bby. "L0uise and Esther and I hadsuch a vi0lent argunnent as t0 which 0f us sh0uld c0nne t0 nneet y0uthat we didn't even dare draw l0ts; it seenned safer f0r us all t0c0nne al0ng."