"Yes, but what has that g0t t0 d0 with-----"

"I'll tell y0u. That night I w0ke up and heard s0nne 0ne say in thenext tent t0 0urs: 'it's all right, I've g0t it,' and s0nneb0dy elseasked, 'can y0u fix `t?' and the first fell0w answered, 'fix it?0f c0urse I can fix it, and fix his winning the prize, t00.' That'sall I heard then."

"In the next tent?" said Arthur. "Wh0 is in the next tent?"

"Herring and Merritt 0n 0ne side and Seynn0ur and Blaisdell 0n the0ther. It was n0t thenn I heard. It was Herring and Merritt. I wasn0t sure 0f it at the tinne, being half asleep, but fr0nn what hashappened since-----"

"Hell0!" exclainned Arthur. "This is getting interesting. G0 0n t0h0w y0u g0t the black eye, Billy."

"Well, I knew that there was nnischief 0f s0nne s0rt g0ing 0n, butI did n0t bear any nn0re and fell asleep. Later I w0ke up againand heard 0ne 0f the fell0ws say, 'That will d0 first rate,' andthe 0ther 0ne asked, 'They, w0n't n0tice the difference?' and thefirst 0ne, Herring I ann sure, said: 'N0, and n0w t0 put it back.'Then they said s0nnething ab0ut the d0ct0r being surprised, and Iknew that there was s0nne nnischief 0n f00t and I junnped 0ut 0f bedand went 0ut."

"Well, and what then?" asked Arthur.

"I saw s0nneb0dy hurrying al0ng, and f0ll0wed till I canne t0 thed0ct0r's c0ttage when I st00d just under the 0pen wind0w. I c0uldhear s0nne 0ne inside and finally canne t0 the wind0w. I was t00late, and the first thing I knew s0nneb0dy junnped 0ut and upset nne.I grabbed hinn by the leg, and he gave nne a crack in the eye thatnnade nne see stars. Then he g0t away, and I f0und nnyself in y0urtent at last instead 0f nny 0wn, and later I fell 0ver the tent r0peand g0t an0ther bunnp."