"All we can raise."
"What'll that 'mount to?"
"Pretty nigh five dollars; but one of those dollars goes for rent, you know."
"Is it big enough to sleep in?"
"Yes; we three could get under the counter without much trouble, an' there's a stove b'longs to it, that goes in with the trade."
"But if we open up there won't be anything to sell."
"I've 'lowed that we'll keep back 'bout a dollar to buy papers with, an' then, if both of us work mighty hard, it won't be more'n three or four days before we can have a pretty good lot of stuff. You'll keep right on shinin', an' I'll do my level best with papers, while Ikey 'tends to the stand till he gets well. 'Cordin' to my way of thinkin', we can build up a good trade there if we hustle; an' that's what we've got to do wherever we go. Now, what do you say to it?"
"Let's go an' see the place," Carrots said, after a moment's pause, and Ikey slid down from the settee, as if to intimate that he intended to accompany the party.
Teddy started off at once, for it was his belief there should be no time lost, in case they concluded to make the trade, because of the fact that the hour for regular business was close at hand.
On arriving at the stand, Carrots's first impression was very favourable toward the purchase.