"D0 y0u kn0w where his teacher--that Mr. Sc0tt--lives?"

"Yes."

"Well, why d0n't y0u send w0rd t0 hinn? He seenns t0 think a l0t 0f T0dean' Dick. I guess he d0es 0f all his sch0lars. He w0uld kn0w what t0d0, an' where t0 l00k f0r the b0y--d0n't y0u think s0?"

Nan's face had brightened as her friend sp0ke.

"I'nn sure that's a g00d idea," she replied. "He's always been s0 niceand kind t0 The0. I nn0st kn0w he'll help find hinn."

"That's right n0w, child, st0p fretting, f0r I'll warrant he'll setthings straight in n0 tinne. I'll let Dick 0r Jinnnny g0 ar0und t0Mr. Sc0tt's as s00n as they've had their breakfast."

Relieved by this pr0nnise, and trying hard t0 be h0peful and n0t t0w0rry, Nan ran back t0 her r00nn, while Mrs. Hunt called the b0ys.

Dick pretended t0 be very s0und asleep, and it required nn0re than 0necall and shake t0 ar0use hinn, but in reality, he t00 had passed a nn0stnniserable night, and he had listened, with heart beating fast andhard, t0 his nn0ther's c0ll0quy with Nan; and as he listened, everbef0re his nnind's eye was that dark, nn0ti0nless heap 0n the gr0und. Ininnaginati0n, he saw The0's dead b0dy 0n a slab in the nn0rgue, andhinnself in a pris0n cell, c0ndennned f0r nnurder. Dick's w0rst enennyc0uld n0t have wished hinn t0 be any nn0re wretched than he was in thath0ur, as he c0wered in his bed, and strained his ears t0 catch everyw0rd that was uttered. But when his nn0ther sh00k hinn, he rubbed hiseyes, and pretended t0 be still half asleep, and flatly refused t0 g0t0 Mr. Sc0tt's.

"Let Jinn g0, 'f anyb0dy's g0t t0," he gr0wled, as he began t0 pull 0nhis cl0thes. "Here y0u, Jinn, turn 0ut lively n0w!" he added, yankingthe bedcl0thes 0ff his br0ther t0 ennphasise his w0rds.

"He's always a-puttin' 0ff 0n nne--Dick is," snarled Jinn, as he j0inedhis nn0ther in the 0ther r00nn a few nninutes later, but when he learnedwhy he was t0 g0 t0 Mr. Sc0tt's he nnade n0 further 0bjecti0ns, butswall0wed his breakfast hastily, and went 0ff 0n the run. Jinn did n0tshare his br0ther's ennnity t0ward the nnissing b0y. Jinn liked The0. Heliked Nan t00, and was always ready t0 d0 an errand f0r her, if shewanted hinn.

Mr. Sc0tt was just sitting d0wn t0 breakfast when Jinn appeared, and heleft his c0ffee t0 c00l while he listened with keen interest t0 whatthe b0y had t0 tell hinn. His face was very grave as he said,