. Teddy and Carrots, two merchants of Newspaper row . e not goin to get up an dustjest to please him. But he s awful mad. That dont hurt me any. He can boil over if hewants to, for all I care. Well, now, Carrots, he wanted me to do somethin,an I could nt get out er promisin. What was it ? the host asked, impatiently. You wont get mad ? Course not, less you re givin somethin away agin me. He wanted me to bring a letter down here. Yousee, he kind er thinks I know where you live, an so hetold me I d got to take it. I could nt help myself, 92 TEDDY AND CARROTS. Carrots, cause he hung right on, an
. Teddy and Carrots, two merchants of Newspaper row . e not goin to get up an dustjest to please him. But he s awful mad. That dont hurt me any. He can boil over if hewants to, for all I care. Well, now, Carrots, he wanted me to do somethin,an I could nt get out er promisin. What was it ? the host asked, impatiently. You wont get mad ? Course not, less you re givin somethin away agin me. He wanted me to bring a letter down here. Yousee, he kind er thinks I know where you live, an so hetold me I d got to take it. I could nt help myself, 92 TEDDY AND CARROTS. Carrots, cause he hung right on, an jest as likely s nothe d have given me a thumpin if I had nt done it. Oh, that s all right. Fish up your drew from his pocket a piece of soiled paperand gave it to Carrots, who, with the candle in his hand,opened it carefully and with an air of the utmost , so far as the better understanding of thisstory is concerned, the important document was pre-served by Teddy; therefore we are enabled to give anexact copy of it:. CHAPTER VIII. THE PARTNERS. IT was fully five minutes before Carrots succeeded indeciphering the letter brought by Teenie, and then hepretended to treat the matter as a huge joke. Why, Skip must have spent pretty nigh the wholeday gettin up that thing, he said, as he handed themissive to Teddy. I wonder what he made the moonthere for ? Moon ? Teenie repeated. Why, he told me itwas a skull, with a dagger underneath it and with boneson the sides, same s pirates have on their flags; an thetwo coffins was for you an the other feller. Who are the two duffers down there at the bottom ?A couple of pirates ? No; they re the committee, Teenie explained. Ispose one of em s Skip, an the other s Sid. So Sid s taken a hand in this; he s gone to drivinboys out er the town, has he ? Well, Sid s a nice plumto do anything of the kind! T is nt more n a monthago since he was gettin right down on his knees,coaxin Skip to let him stay to black boots. I
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