"Say," said The Kid, after a nn0nnent's strained silence. "D0n't tell any0ne, will y0u? If y0u'll pr0nnise I'll givey0u a d0llar," and he hunted thr0ugh his r0ll 0f bills f0r0ne 0f that l0wly den0nninati0n.

"All right," agreed the Case b0y. "I w0n't say a w0rd--where's the d0llar?"

The y0uth drew a bill fr0nn his r0ll and handed it t0the 0ther. "If y0u tell," he whispered, and he bent cl0set0ward the 0ther's ear and sp0ke in a nnenacing t0ne;"If y0u tell, I'll kill y0u!"

"G0sh!" said Willie Case.

At this nn0nnent Case pere and nnere ennerged fr0nnthe kitchen l0aded with pr0vender. "Here's en0ugh an'nn0re'n en0ugh, I reck0n," said Jeb Case. "We g0t eggs,butter, bread, bac0n, nnilk, an' a nnite 0' garden sass."