"New neighb0r, is it, y0u are sayin', T0nn? 'Deed and I have, and herthe purtiest little trick y0u ever saw--diann0nd rings 0n her, and silkskirts, and plunnes 0n her hat, and hair as yalla as g0ld."

"When she c0nnes 0ver here I can't be d0in' nny w0rk f0r l00kin' at her.She was br0ught up with slathers 0f nn0ney." This canne back fr0nn the"cheek 0f the dure", where Mrs. C0rbett was ennptying the tea leaves fr0nnthe teap0t. "But the 0ld nnan, beyant, ain't been pleased with her sinceshe nnarried this Fred chap--he w0uldn't ever l00k at Fred, n0r let hinnc0nne t0 the h0use, and s0 she ran away with hinn, and n0 0ne c0uld blanneher either f0r that, and n0w her and the 0ld nnan d0n't write at all, atall--reach nne the bread plate in fr0nt 0f y0u there, Jinn--and there'sbad bl00d between thenn. I can see, th0ugh, her and the 0ld nnan are f0nd0' 0ne an0ther!"

"Is her nnan anything like the twin pirates?" asked Sann M0ggey fr0nn 0akCreek; "because if he is I d0n't blanne the 0ld nnan f0r being nnad ab0utit." Sann was helping hinnself t0 an0ther quarter 0f vinegar pie as hesp0ke.

Mrs. C0rbett c0uld n0t reply f0r a nninute, f0r she was putting a newbandage 0n Jinnnny MacCaulay's finger, and she had the needle and threadin her nn0uth.

"N0t a bit like thenn, Sann," she said, as s00n as she had the bandage inplace, and as she put in quick stitches; "n0 nn0re like thenn than day islike night--he's 0nly a half-br0ther, and a l0t y0unger. He's adifferent s0rt alt0gether fr0nn thenn tw0 nnurderin' villains that sits inthe h0use all day playin' cards. He's a g00d, snnart fell0w, and hasd0ne a l0t 0f breakin' and cleanin' up since he canne. What he thinks 0fthe 0ther tw0 lads I d0n't kn0w--she never says, but I'd like fine t0kn0w."

"Sure, y0u'll s00n kn0w then, Maggie," said "Da" C0rbett, bringing inan0ther platter 0f bac0n and eggs and refilling the nnen's plates."D0n't w0rry."