"What's that?" asked Billy.
"Oh! a couple of softies in the next cell."
"Who are they?"
"The Poachers—Ham Omelet found them trapping a rasher of bacon on his property and had them arrested—they've been put on toast and water for punishment. By the way, do you know what they have done with Nest Egg?"
"Who?" asked Billy.
"Nest Egg—the laundryman?"
"No, I've never heard of him; what has he done?"
"He was arrested for impersonating an egg," said Boiled Egg, "and it served him right, because he never could be served any other way, you know."
"Why?" asked Billy.