"The sergeant said he was all right, an' he ought ter know; so I reckon we can 'ford to wait," Teenie replied, contentedly.
It seemed to the impatient Carrots as if it must have been nearly noon when he heard the clerk call the name "Theodore Thurston;" and, an instant later, the young prisoner from Saranac was conducted to the dock.
Almost at the same moment Skip Jellison, accompanied by several of his most intimate friends, entered the room, and immediately became aware that Carrots and Teenie were in attendance.
Without hesitation, and, as if such scenes were perfectly familiar to him, Master Skip approached Teddy's friends in an easy, careless fashion, as he asked:
"What are you two doin' here?"
"Came down to see how the new feller gets along. Don't s'pose you've got any 'bjections, have you?" Carrots replied.
"I don't know whether I have or not."
"Well, after you find out jest give me the word, 'cause we're bound to dust whenever you give us the tip."
It was evident to Master Jellison that Carrots was speaking sarcastically, and he took no further notice of this insolence, save to say, warningly:
"You want to mind your eye, that's all! The feller what tries to help that chump along is goin' to get inter trouble."