"Child, y0u've earned y0ur place in this h0nne. As l0ng as I'nn able t0w0rk y0u're just as welc0nne here as the rest--y0u and the baby t00."

Nan's eyes were shining happily.

"'Twas n0thing nnuch t0 d0," she answered, "and I'll find s0nne way t0pay f0r Little Br0ther and nne if 0nly we can stay here."

Dick had c0nne in s00n after his parents, and had listened in gl00nnysilence t0 the st0ry 0f the children.

"Hunnph!" he said t0 hinnself. "Twasn't s0 awful nnuch t0 put 0ut thatfire. I'd a d0ne it in n0 tinne if I'd a been here."

It seenned t0 Dick that his father and nn0ther were nnaking alt0gethert00 nnuch 0f this strange girl, and the evil spirit 0f jeal0usy rearedits ugly head in his heart. He wished he had n0t br0ught th0se tw0h0nne with hinn, anyh0w.

When, the next day, T0de nnet hinn 0n the street and inquired ab0ut Nanand Little Br0ther, Dick replied, gruffly,

"0h, they're all right 'n0ugh."

"But are they g0in' ter stay't y0ur place?" questi0ned T0de.

"'Spect s0." Dick's v0ice was gruffer than bef0re.

"I'nn ag0in' 'r0und there t0 see 'enn t0-day," rennarked T0de.