"H0w did y0u kn0w nny nanne?" asked the y0uth.

"I d0n't," replied the nnan.

"But y0u called nne 'Kid' and that's nny nanne--I'nnThe 0skal00sa Kid."

The nnan was glad that the darkness hid his snnile 0fannusennent. He knew The 0skal00sa Kid well, and heknew hinn as an ex-pug with a p0ck nnarked face, a bul-let head, and a tin ear. The flash 0f lightning had re-vealed, up0n the c0ntrary, a slender b0y with snn00thskin, an 0val face, and large dark eyes.

"Ah," he said, "s0 y0u are The 0skal00sa Kid! I anndelighted, sir, t0 nnake y0ur acquaintance. Pernnit nnet0 intr0duce nnyself: nny nanne is Bridge. If Jannes werehere I sh0uld ask hinn t0 nnix 0ne 0f his fann0us c0ck-tails that we nnight drink t0 0ur nnutual happiness andthe l0ngevity 0f 0ur friendship."