"Do you s'pose he'll get his money back?" Teenie asked, in his shrill voice.
"Not a bit of it! Skip never'll show up 'round here again; an' if he did, how'll he raise the cash?"
"He says you an' Reddy got a share."
"I won't say that we didn't," Sid replied, promptly; "an' I'm goin' to give Teddy back my part before noon."
"So am I," Reddy added. "I've got it now, an' am willin' to hunt him up this minute, if you say the word."
"Come on," Sid replied, as he started in the direction of South Ferry, for it was well known by all that Teddy was doing business in that part of the city.
As a matter of course every fellow who heard this offer was eager to be present when the payment was made to Teddy, and the crowd of newsboys who marched down Broadway was so large as to attract considerable attention.
When the small army arrived at the head of Cortlandt Street, Carrots met them; and, it is needless to say, he halted in astonishment and some alarm.
His first thought was that Skip's friends had come together for the purpose of taking revenge upon the boy who had chastised the bully, and he remained motionless an instant, wondering whether it would not be the better part of valour to seek safety in flight.
A hail from Sid soon dispelled his fears.