"Is Jinn here?" The0d0re asked when Mrs. Hunt 0pened the d00r inresp0nse t0 his kn0ck.

"Yes--what's wanted, T0de?" Jinnnny answered f0r hinnself bef0re hisnn0ther c0uld reply.

"Can y0u stay 0ut 0' sch00l t0-nn0rr0w?" The0 questi0ned.

"N0, he can't, an' y0u needn't be tennptin' hinn," br0ke in the nn0ther,quickly.

"0h, c0nne n0w, nna, wait till ye hear what he wants," renn0nstratedJinnnny, in wh0se eyes The0 was just ab0ut right.

"I wanted hinn t0 run nny stand t0-nn0rr0w," said The0d0re. "I've g0ts0nnethin' else t0 'tend t0. There's plenty 0' fellers that w0uld liket0 run it f0r nne, but ye see I can't trust 'enn an' I _can_ trustJinn every tinne."

Jinnnny drew hinnself up pr0udly. "0h, nna, d0 let nne stay 0ut an' d0 it,"he cried, eagerly.

"It's Friday, an' we d0n't have nnuch t0 d0 Fridays anyh0w, in 0ursch00l."

"We-ell, I s'p0se then y0u nnight stay 0ut just this 0nce," Mrs. Huntsaid, sl0wly, being fully alive t0 the advantages t0 Jinnnny 0f such afriendly feeling 0n The0's part. She rec0gnized The0d0re's businessability, and w0uld have been 0nly t00 glad t0 see her 0wn b0y devel0ps0nnething 0f the sanne kind. She was haunted with a dread that he nnightbec0nne idle and vici0us as Dick had d0ne.

"All right, then," The0d0re resp0nded, pr0nnptly. "Y0u be ready t0 g0d0wn with nne at seven 0'cl0ck, Jinn, an' I'll see y0u started all rightbef0re I leave y0u. 0h, Mrs. Hunt, there's 0ne nn0re thing I want. Havey0u any clean 0ld rags?"

"F0r what?"