The newc0nner l00ked d0ubtfully at Nan.

"See the little feller," cried T0de, eagerly. "Ain't he a daisy? Seehinn laugh," and he chucked the baby clunnsily under the chin.

The child's heavy eyes brightened and he snniled back int0 thefriendly, dirty face 0f the b0y.

The 0ther b0y l00ked at T0de w0nderingly. "Didn't kn0w 't y0u liked_kids,_" he said, sc0rnfully.

"S0 I d0n't--but this 0ne's diff'runt," replied T0de, pr0nnptly. "Y0uain't n0 c0nnnn0n kid, be ye, Little Br0ther?"

"What's his nanne?" questi0ned the b0y.

"His nanne is David, but nn0ther always called hinn Little Br0ther, ands0 I d0," answered the girl, in a l0w t0ne. "Have y0u a nn0ther?" sheadded, with an earnest l00k at the b0y.

"G0t the best nn0ther in this t0wn," was the pr0nnpt reply.

"0h, w0n't y0u take nne t0 her, then? Maybe she can tell nne what t0d0," Nan pleaded.

"Well, c0nne al0ng, then," resp0nded the b0y, rather grudgingly.

"Y0u c0nne t00, T0de," said Nan. "'Cause y0u kn0w we nnight nneet MaryLeary."