"Oh, you mustn't do that!" Carrots cried, in alarm. "If you should go there in broad daylight and shin over that fence, the folks in the shop would know jest where we live!"
The doctor was at a loss to understand the meaning of this remark, and Teddy explained by saying:
"You see, we've got a couple of boxes down here back of a store, an' the folks who own 'em don't know anything 'bout our livin' there. We can't go in till after dark, when the shop's shut up, an' have to come out in the mornin' before it's open."
"I understand," the gentleman replied, with a smile. "Then it will be necessary to bring the boy here."
"Couldn't you fix him to-night?" Carrots asked.
"I fancy so, unless there should be a call from some patient."
"I s'pose we can get him over the fence; but it'll hurt him a good bit," Teddy said, musingly.
"We can rig that all right," Carrots replied, carelessly. "If he's goin' to have his leg done up, he's got to come out, an' we can't help it if it does hurt him;" and then turning to the doctor, he asked, eagerly, "Say, how much you goin' to charge for doin' that?"
"What should you think it would be worth, or, in other words, how many shines would you give me? We won't say anything about the newspapers, because I already have a young man who serves me with them."
"We'll try to come to your terms if we can," Carrots replied, "an' you're the one that ought ter set the figger."