Tode looked admiringly at the kid, as she ceased speaking.

"You've got a head," he remarked. "But now about cooking for mystand. Will you have time to do that too?"

"Yes indeed," said in reply Nan, promptly. "I'll find time somehow."

Tode hesitated, moved uneasily in his chair and finally exclaimed, "'Spectyou'll have to trust me for the first lot, Nan. I ain't got no money,ye know."

"Why, Tode, have you forgotten that ten dollars you asked me to keepfor you?"

"No--'course I ain't forgot it, but I thought maybe you'd had to useit. Twould 'a' been all right if you had, you know."

"0h no, I didn't have to use that. Here it is," and Nan brought it outfrom some hidden pocket about her dress.

"Then I'm all right," exclaimed the boy, in a tone ofsatisfaction. "I've got to get some clothes first an' then I'll beready for business."

"What's the matter with those clothes?" questioned Nan.