. Teddy and Carrots, two merchants of Newspaper row . e, till it was over. In less than five minutes, Teddy was the conqueror,without a scratch, and Skip, lying at full length on thestable floor, was howling frantically for some one to hold that Saranac jay. He has nt thumped you half enough ! Sid Barkersaid, angrily, to the prostrate bully. u What are youyellinlike that for? Teddy aint anywhere near you!To think that we fellers have let you pretty nigh runthis town for as much as a year, when you would ntfight a mouse, unless you got the first clip at him! After a time, Skip was made to under
. Teddy and Carrots, two merchants of Newspaper row . e, till it was over. In less than five minutes, Teddy was the conqueror,without a scratch, and Skip, lying at full length on thestable floor, was howling frantically for some one to hold that Saranac jay. He has nt thumped you half enough ! Sid Barkersaid, angrily, to the prostrate bully. u What are youyellinlike that for? Teddy aint anywhere near you!To think that we fellers have let you pretty nigh runthis town for as much as a year, when you would ntfight a mouse, unless you got the first clip at him! After a time, Skip was made to understand thatTeddy had no idea of administering more punishment,and he was about to scramble to his feet, when the boyfrom Saranac stopped him by saying: Part of what I came here for was the dollar you THE CHALLENGE. 209 stole, and as soon as you give that up the row will beover; but you dont leave this place till I get it. I have nt kept a cent! Reddy an Sid got thesame as I did! Skip cried, cringing now as shamefullyas he had ever bullied. !/ . .., ;. WHAT ARE YOU YELLIN LIKE THAT FOR? SAID SID. All I know is that you took it, an you Ve got togive it up, Teddy remarked, decidedly. I 11 let you have some to-morrow, Skip replied, witha whine. We Ve come here to settle matters, Teddy insisted, 2IQ TEDDY AND CARROTS. an this is the place to square up. I cant afford to loseanother mornings work on account of you. Skip finally found eighteen cents, and then tried toborrow the rest from those whom he had counted asfriends; but not one of his late admirers would have any-thing to do with him. He had shown himself to be a o coward as well as a bully, and now his bitterest enemieswere those with whom he had seemed most soon understood that Skip had told the truth,and that he could not regain the whole amount he said, as he took the eighteen cents on account: This will do for now; but you Ve got to come upwith the balance by to - morrow night, or there 11 betrouble.
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