"I am," the man answered. "My one leg isn't quite full yet—I mean my one good leg," he added. "You can't put anything—not even bread and jam into this wooden peg," and he tapped it with his cane.
"Take my slice of bread," said Tom kindly. "I guess I can get some more when I get home."
"Nora'll give you some same as she will me," said Teddy. "Go on and eat—I like to watch you," he added to the tramp.
"Well, you don't like to watch me any more than I like to do it," laughed the ragged man, as he began on the second slice of bread and jam.
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He ate that all up, and then, when Teddy and Tom went in and told Nora what had happened, the good-natured girl insisted on getting some hot coffee and bread and meat for the hungry man.
"Jam and such like isn't anything near enough," she said, "even if he has but one leg. I'll feed him proper."
Which she did, and the tramp with the "wooden peg," as he called it, was very thankful. Before he left he cut some wood for Nora, and also whittled out two little wooden swords for Ted and Tom.
"I'm glad we gave him our bread and jam; aren't you?" asked Ted of his chum.