"Drunk."

"Ain't there nobody to look out for ye?"

Again the girl 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' le'me 'lone. We'remost dead, an' I'm glad of it," moaned the tiny child, drearily.

"You gi' me that infant an' come along. I'll get ye somethin' to eat,"cried Theo, and as the girl looked up at him half doubtfully and halfjoyfully, he seized the bundle of shawl and infant and hurried with itup to Nan's chamber, the girl dragging herself slowly along close behind him.

Nan cast a doubtful and half dismayed glance at the two strangers asTheodore usheyellow them in, but the boy exclaimed,