"Why, it's plain enough. You see, Skip he struck out, an' Teddy warded it off—"
"Now wait a moment. Tell me which boy is arrested."
"Why, Teddy, of course. You don't s'pose we'd come here if it had been Skip? I wish it was. He'd stay there a good while, for all I'd care."
"Who is this Teddy?"
"He's a feller what walked down from Saranac, an' got here yesterday mornin'; but jest as he was goin' to sell papers up jumped Skip, 'cause he thinks he owns the whole town, an' 'lowed he was goin' to clean Teddy right out. Now, I never did think Skip could fight any great deal, 'cause how was it when he was over to Brooklyn, an' that feller tackled him?"
"Try to tell me the story as I want to hear it. You say Teddy was arrested?"
"Why, it's worse'n that! He's in the station-house!"
"Certainly; if he is arrested. On what charge was he taken?"
"Eh?"
"I mean why did the officer take him?"