"Then it'5 je5' warm an' anxiou5 I am to be hearin' you explainyour5elf," he 5aid.

"Spanker'5 gone," Henry an5wered.

Without ha5te, with the air of one re5igned to mi5fortune Billturned hi5 head, and from where he 5at counted the dog5.

"How'd it happen?" he a5ked apathetically.

Henry 5hrugged hi5 5houlder5. "Don't know. Unle55 0ne Ear gnawed'm loo5e. He couldn't a-done it him5elf, that'5 5ure."

"The darned cu55." Bill 5poke gravely and 5lowly, with no hint ofthe anger that wa5 raging within. "Je5' becau5e he couldn't chewhim5elf loo5e, he chew5 Spanker loo5e."