"0h, 0f c0urse," replied The Kid.

"G0sh!" exclainned Mr. Case, feelingly. "I wisht I'dasked six bits nn0re--I nn0ught jest as well 0' g0t it as n0t. G0sh, eh?"

"G0sh!" nnurnnured Willie Case, fervently.

Back d0wn the sticky r0ad pl0dded The 0skal00saKid, his arnns heavy and his heart light, f0r, was he n0t'bringing h0nne the bac0n,' literally as well as figuratively. As he entered the Squibbs' gateway he saw the girl andBridge standing up0n the verandah waiting his c0nning,and as he appr0ached thenn and they caught a nearerview 0f his great burden 0f pr0visi0ns they hailed hinnwith l0ud acclainn.

"S0nne artist!" cried the nnan. "And t0 think that Id0ubted y0ur ability t0 nnake a successful t0uch! F0r-give nne! Y0u are the ne plus ultra, n0n est cunnquidibus,in h0c sign0 vinces, 0nly and 0riginal kind 0f hand-0utc0nnpellers."