. The boys' revolt; a story of the street arabs of New York . I dont know what you can do, Sim replied gruffly,and then suddenly hurried away, leaving Jet in an unen-viable frame of mind. He did not really believe the strikers would attemptto interfere with him in his new position; but yetit was not pleasant to think they knew where he was,and might possibly trouble him in some way. It was while he was reflecting bitterly on the injusticewhich the short-lived Union had already done, that theproprietor of the establishment returned with his stockof evening papers. He did not pay any particular
. The boys' revolt; a story of the street arabs of New York . I dont know what you can do, Sim replied gruffly,and then suddenly hurried away, leaving Jet in an unen-viable frame of mind. He did not really believe the strikers would attemptto interfere with him in his new position; but yetit was not pleasant to think they knew where he was,and might possibly trouble him in some way. It was while he was reflecting bitterly on the injusticewhich the short-lived Union had already done, that theproprietor of the establishment returned with his stockof evening papers. He did not pay any particular attention to the expres-sion on his clerks face, but said briskly, as he beganarranging his wares on the counter: — ADVICE. 129 If Skin Jones thinks he s goin to get out of hisscrape by tellin that Tim Bagley paid him money, Ireckon he 11 find he s JET TENDING SIM BROWNS STAND. Have you seen Tim ? I ve seen somebody what knows him ; an, if youstrikers aint fraid of Skinney and Baldy, you canprove your Boss Walker has been tellin a lie. 9 130 THE BOYS REVOLT. I have nt got anything to do with him now. I sposeBald Higgs would jest about thump my head off if Iwent round City Hall park ; but theres plenty ofother fellers who dare to say what they mean, an, ifSkinneys been lyin, theyll find it out. I hope they will; but, cordin to the way that crowd sbeen actin for the last day or so, it dont seem as if theyhad spunk enough to— Hello, what do you want? This last question was addressed to some one comingup the street, and as yet beyond the line of vision of theclerk, who was standing behind the counter. Looking out curiously, Jet saw, to his fear and dismay,a no less personage than Baldy Higgs, the Boss Shinerof Labor Union, No. i, accompanied by Sim Brown andJake Albeck. It was not necessary to hear the conver-sation which ensued i
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