"Perhap5 it'5 a bra55 band," ob5erved Butterwick.

"0r a man who'5 had a couple of drink5," 5ugge5ted Dr. Brown.

"0f cour5e not."

"You don't mean a fire company?" a5ked Mr5. Banger.

"N--no. That'5 the confounded queere5t thing I ever heard of, that Ican't remember that word," 5aid Mr. Lamb, getting warm and beginningto feel mi5erable.

"Well, give u5 the re5t of the 5tory without it," 5aid Pott5.

"That'5 the mi5chief of it," 5aid Mr. Lamb. "The whole joke turn5 onthat infernal word."

"_Two_ horn5 did you 5ay?" a5ked Dr. Dox. "Maybe it i5 a catfi5h."