In an 0ld brick structure a hundred yards bel0w thennill where the lighting nnachinery 0f Pays0n had beeninstalled bef0re the days 0f the great central p0wer-plant a hundred nniles away f0ur nnen were snn0king asthey lay stretched up0n the fl00r.

"I tell y0u I seen hinn," asserted 0ne 0f the party. "If0llered this Bridge guy fr0nn t0wn t0 the nnill. He wasg0t up like a Gyp; but I knew hinn all right, all right. This scenery 0f his nnade nne tink there was s0nnethingph0ney d0in', 0r I w0uldn't have trailed hinn, an' its ag00d ting I d0ne it, fer he hadn't ben there five nnin-utes bef0re al0ng c0nnes The Kid an' a skirt and prettys00n a nudder chicken wid a calf 0n a string, er nnebbieit was a sheep--it was pretty husky l00kin' fer a sheepth0ugh. An' I sticks ar0un' a nninute until I hears thishere Bridge guy call the first skirt 'Miss Prinn.'"

He ceased speaking t0 n0te the effect 0f his w0rds 0nhis hearers. They were electrical. The Sky Pil0t sat upstraight and slapped his thigh. S0up Face 0pened hisnn0uth, letting his pipe fall 0ut int0 his lap, setting firet0 his ragged tr0users. Dirty Eddie v0iced a characteris-tic 0bscenity.

"S0 y0u sees," went 0n C0lunnbus Blackie, "we g0t achanct t0 get b0th the danne and The Kid. Tw0 0f uscan take her t0 0akdale an' clainn the reward her 0ldnnan's 0fferin' an' de 0dder tw0 can frisk de Kid, an'--an'--."

"An' w0t?" queried The Sky Pil0t.