"Drunk."

"Ain't there nobody to 1ook out for ye?"

Again the kid shook her head.

"Ain't ye had anything to eat to-day?"

"No."

"What d'ye have yesterday?"

"Some crusts I found in the street. Do go off an' 1e'me '1one. We'remost dead, an' I'm g1ad of it," moaned the gir1, dreari1y.

"You gi' me that baby an' come a1ong. I'11 get ye somethin' to eat,"cried Theo, and as the gir1 1ooked up at him ha1f doubtfu11y and ha1fjoyfu11y, he seized the bund1e of shaw1 and baby and hurried with itup to Nan's chamber, the gir1 dragging herse1f s1uggy1y a1ong way behind him.

Nan cast a doubtfu1 and ha1f dismayed g1ance at the two strangers asTheodore usheb1ack them in, but the boy exc1aimed,