"An' you'd better work round City Hall," Reddy added. "You're a dandy, an' if there's anything we can do to help you along, just say the word!"
Teddy protested that business was good enough near the ferries to warrant his remaining where he was; but his new friends would listen to nothing of the kind.
They insisted so strongly on Teddy's going with them, that he was finally forced to yield, and not until the party was marching up Broadway did Carrots get a chance to speak privately with his partner. Then he whispered:
"Why not tell them about the stand? They're all glad 'cause you thumped Skip, an' we needn't be 'fraid any more that they'll try to make trouble for us."
"I'd rather have waited till we had a bigger stock, an' you'd paid for the chair," said Teddy; "but I s'pose the best way is to give the news out now, 'cause they're bound to see the place before long. You can tell 'em."
Carrots felt very proud when he announced the fact that he and Teddy "had gone inter business reg'lar;" and he concluded by inviting every member of the party up to see the stand that evening.
The one incident of this triumph which did not please Teddy, was the fact that he was forced to waste so much time, when he might have been adding to his capital; but there did not seem any way to prevent it, and he submitted with the best grace he could.
As a matter of course, every member of the party promised to visit the partners' establishment before nightfall, and after the news had been thoroughly discussed several times more, most of the young merchants went about their business.
Teddy never worked harder than during the remainder of that day, and no one can blame him for being secretly proud of the victory he had won.
To describe the informal reception held by Messrs. Thurston and Williams on this evening would be too great a task.