"Come on; I'll show you."
Conley burst out laughing.
"The Boss says you are a hopeless case. I agree with him.
Come on. I'll help you to break your neck."
They started off together. When they reached the pole, the pair dodged into a convenient doorway where they waited to make sure that they were not observed.
"I guess it is all right," said Teddy.
"How you going to get up there?"
"I brought a pair of climbers that I found in the car yesterday— the kind those telephone linemen use to climb telephone poles with. Won't I go up, I guess yes!"
Teddy first strapped the banners over his shoulders, in such a way that they would not impede his progress; then he put on the climbers, Billy watching disapprovingly.
All was ready. With a final glance up and down the street Teddy strode from his hiding place.
He walked up the pole as if he were used to it. In a few minutes the watcher below could barely make him out in the faint moonlight.