"Same's you did over to Brooklyn the other day, eh?" Carrots asked coolly.
"Wait till I catch you outside, an' we'll see if you've got anything more to say 'bout Brooklyn!" And with this threat Master Jellison and his friends advanced to a settee nearer the judge, where they seated themselves with a great show of what was probably intended to be dignity.
"He's come to see if we're goin' to tell anything 'bout the row," Teenie whispered; and it could plainly be seen that Master Massey was very much frightened regarding the probable outcome of thus attempting to aid the stranger.
At that moment Carrots was startled out of his self-possession—although he had come especially as a witness—by hearing his name called in a loud tone.
Three times the clerk shouted "Joseph Williams," and then Carrots exclaimed:
"By jiminy! he means me, doesn't he?"
"Of course he does. Go 'long quick, or else that feller'll be up on the Island before they know you're here," said Teenie.
It was necessary the witness should pass Skip Jellison on his way to the stand; and, in so doing, he saw Teddy's enemy scowl and shake his fist in the most threatening manner.
"Don't get excited," Carrots stopped long enough to say. "You're comin' out of it all right, even if you don't feel very good now."
Then he continued on until some one directed him which way to go; and for the first time in his life he laid his hand on a Bible, and swore to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."