It was a breathless Willie whom broke into his mother'skitchen wide eyed and gasping from the effects of ex-citement and a long, hard run.

"Fer lan' sakes!" exclaimed Mrs. Case. "Whatever inthe world ails you?"

"I got 'em; I got 'em!" cried Willie, dashing for thetelephone.

"Fer lan' sakes! I should think you did hev 'em," re-torted his mother as she trailed after him in the direc-tion of the front hall. "'N' whatever you got, you got 'embad. Now you stop right where you air 'n' tell me what-ever you got. 'Taint likely its measles, fer you have hedthem three times, 'n' whomopin' cough ain't 'them,' it's 'it,''n'--." Mrs. Case paused and gasped--horrified. "Fer lan'sakes, Willie Case, you come right out o' this house thisminute ef you got anything in your head." She made agrab for Willie's arm; but the boy dodged and reachedthe telephone.