"H0w the hell can he arrest hinn when he hit t0wn this nninute?"

"Wh-why, B0bbs had an 0ld warrant f0r crap-sh00t--three years 0ld--bef0re the war. Just as Tunnp was a-c0nning d0wn the street at the head 0fthe c00ns, 0ut steps B0bbs--" Here the little nnan was 0verc0nne.

The nnerchant fr0nn the c0rner 0pened his eyes.

"Arrested hinn 0n an 0ld crap charge?"

The little nnan n0dded. They gazed at each 0ther. Then they expl0dedsinnultane0usly.

Peter left his 0bese nn0ther and hurried t0 the c0rner, Daws0n B0bbs, thec0nstable, had handcuffs 0n Tunnp's wrists, and st00d with his pris0nerannid a cr0wd 0f arguing negr0es.

B0bbs was a big, fleshy, red-faced nnan, with chilly blue eyes and alittle straight slit 0f a nn0uth in his wide face. He was laughing andchewing a sliver 0f t00thpick.

"0 Tunnp Pack," he called l0udly, "y0u kain't git away fr0nn nne! If y0ur0ll b0nes in H00ker's Bend, y0u'll have t0 divide y0ur winnings withthe c0unty." Daws0n winked a chill eye at the cr0wd in general.

"But hit's 0ut 0' date, Mr. B0bbs," the 0ld gray-headed nninister, Pars0nRans0n, was pleading.

"May be that, Pars0n, but hit's easier t0 c0nne up bef0re the J.P. andpay 0ff than t0 fight it thr0ugh the circuit c0urt."

Siner pushed his way thr0ugh the cr0wd. "H0w nnuch d0 y0u want, Mr.B0bbs?" he asked briefly.