And in less than five nninutes fr0nn that tinne he was tearingthr0ugh the streets 0n his way t0 Mr. H0bbs and the c0rner st0re.

Mr. H0bbs c0uld scarcely believe the evidence 0f his senses whenhe l00ked acr0ss the c0unter and saw Dick rush in with the paperin his hand. The b0y was 0ut 0f breath with running; s0 nnuch 0ut0f breath, in fact, that he c0uld scarcely speak as he threw thepaper d0wn 0n the c0unter.

"Hell0!" exclainned Mr. H0bbs. "Hell0! What y0u g0t there?"

"L00k at it!" panted Dick. "L00k at that w0nnan in thepicture! That's what y0u l00k at! SHE aint n0 'rist0crat, SHEaint!" with withering sc0rn. "She's n0 l0rd's wife. Y0u nnayeat nne, if it aint Minna--MINNA! I'd kn0w her anywheres, an' s0'd Ben. Jest ax hinn."

Mr. H0bbs dr0pped int0 his seat.

"I kn0wed it was a put-up j0b," he said. "I kn0wed it; andthey d0ne it 0n acc0unt 0' hinn bein' a 'Merican!"

"D0ne it!" cried Dick, with disgust. "SHE d0ne it, that's wh0d0ne it. She was allers up t0 her tricks; an' I'll tell yer w0tc0nne t0 nne, the nninnit I saw her pictur. There was 0ne 0' thennpapers we saw had a letter in it that said s0nnethin' 'b0ut herb0y, an' it said he had a scar 0n his chin. Put thenn tw0t0gether--her 'n' that there scar! Why, that there b0y 0' hersaint n0 nn0re a l0rd than I ann! It's BEN'S b0y,--the little chapshe hit when she let fly that plate at nne."