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where she proceens generously to share her precious gin

with all the tramps. Presently she reaches e quorulons stage,
and when one of the two greeay tramps drinks longer from

the bottle than Hrs. O'Rourke thinks is right, she bangs him on
the head with the other bottle. Instantly a free for all '
fight follows. Into this the police charge. Hrs. O'Rourke,
fighting, scratching, kicking and pleading one whining, is.
shoved into a police wagon and carried off. She is given

ten days at Blackwell's Island.

In the apartment house all is hustle and bustle.

Lily Belle has been despatchea for new clothes for the chilaren.
Dickie and Binnie meanwhile have their hands full with the twins.
They crawl under and over everything; they are all over the
yleee, upset the ink, dump the garbage pail in kitchen, knock
over glasses, gquirt the seltzer bottle freely, climb out on
the fire escape and crawl over in on the nznilous ieiling to

tap at tenant in adjoining apartment, one getting into one
hair raising scrape often another. Finally the desperate Deytons

attempt to punish them, with the result that Maurice, wriggling

out of the weak hands of the ohestiaing Dick puts up a tremenfiou:

fight, kicking his shine and biting him, while Entries opens
her mouth wide, and sets up the most alarming aha deafening
outcries.

who people in the apartment above thump on floor. Ein-
dous are thrown up in courts and irate tenants telephone flown to_
know what all the infernal noise is about. Babies are not

allowed at the Monster, and the Daytons vainly try to stop