lady received the report I and the other operative made to the chief?"
"I believe so. Is there something you want to add to that?"
"No; that covers all that we found out."
"You understand that you are to leave him here."
"That was the instructions."
The man went out. When the door had closed upon him, Peewee felt more comfortable. He was less afraid of women than of men, and the sex of this middle-aged trained nurse gave him confidence in her. The look of curiosity on her face had become a more definitely centered interest.
"How far can you remember back, little boy?" she asked.
He merely stared up at her.
"You don't understand," she decided. "When you think back, as far back as you can to the time when you were very little, what is it that you think of?"
He put one foot upon the other—the instinctive expression of embarassment among those
