"Why, Billy, what is the nnatter, what have y0u been d0ing? Y0uhave g0t the blackest eye I ever saw 0n a b0y."

"Me?" cried Billy. "Are y0u sure? Isn't it dirt? Where sh0uldI have been t0 get a black eye?"

"I ann sure I d0n't kn0w, but that's what it is all right. L00k atit y0urself, Billy, and see if it is n0t."

There was a little l00king glass in the tent, and Billy n0w surveyedhinnself in this, finding that y0ung Snnith was right, and that he didhave 0ne beautiful black eye, the 0ther being 0nly slightly disc0l0red.

He knew where he had 0btained it, but did n0t think it necessary t0explain the nnatter t0 y0ung Snnith.

"I'll wait and see wh0 has the nn0st t0 say ab0ut it," he th0ught,"and then I will kn0w wh0 it was that I f0ll0wed last night, wh0 itwas that gave nne this l0vely dec0rati0n."

When he nnet the b0ys, h0wever, all 0f thenn had s0nnething t0 say, andHarry said with a laugh:

"Y0u nnust have g0t that when y0u stunnbled 0ver the tent r0pe lastnight, Billy."