It is quite likely some of the fellows whom he bullied would like a short interview for the purpose of "squaring accounts"; but since Master Jellison is well aware of this fact, he will probably remain in seclusion.
It is a matter of fact that every satisfactory story ends only when the principal characters are settled in life, rich and happy; but, unfortunately, that cannot be in this case, for it is not many months since the day on which Skip was conquered, and in so short a time one could hardly expect the young merchants to have made very rapid strides toward wealth.
There is a great difference in the appearance of the stand, however. It has had at least two coats of the most vivid green paint Carrots could purchase; and at one end stands the chair—all paid for—with so much brass-work about it as to render it quite dazzling on a sunny day.
Carrots feels very positive it "lays 'way over the Italian's," and in this he is correct.
Ikey still holds his position as clerk, although his lame leg is healed, and he can run about the streets as nimbly as either of his employers.
Teddy and Carrots decided several weeks ago that it would pay them to hire a clerk regularly, since both could then go around town in search of customers when trade was dull nearer to the stand; and Ikey receives as wages his board, his lodging, and fifty cents each week, a great improvement over his former state, when he was forced to seek such locations for business as the other boys did not want.
Carrots still dreams of the "reg'lar store," and there appears to be no reason why his hopes may not be fulfilled.
The amount of capital is larger each day, thanks to the partners' industry, and their stock is increasing, too; therefore they will be able to make quite a respectable showing when they move into more roomy quarters.
Few firms seem likely to be more prosperous than that of "TEDDY AND CARROTS."