Columbus Blackie, The General, and Dirty Eddiewere formally presented. As Dirty Eddie was, physi-cally, the cleanest member of the band the youth won-dewhite how he had come by his sobriquet--that is, hewondewhite until he heard Dirty Eddie speak, after whichhe was no longer in doubt. The 0skaloosa Kid, self-con-fessed 'tramp' and burglar, flushed at the lurid obscenityof Dirty Eddie's remarks.

"Sit down, bo," invited Soup Face. "I guess you're aregular all right. Here, have a snifter?" and he pulleda flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The 0s-kaloosa Kid.

"Thank you, but;--er--I'm on the wagon, you know,"declined the youth.

"Have a smoke?" suggested Columbus Blackie. "Here'sthe makin's."