"I SAID I KNEW A BOY, AN' I SHOWED HIM RIGHT UP."
"Oh, you'll be up 'round City Hall by that time."
"It'll take me longer'n a week to get things straightened out, an' you won't stay there six days, 'less you're a different feller from what I think you are," Teddy replied, with an air of conviction that surprised his friend.
CHAPTER IX.
THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
It seemed absolutely necessary for Carrots to talk at great length about the farm, before he was willing to settle down to business as his partner wished; and then the two made a hearty supper from a Bologna sausage, some buns, and some seed-cakes, which the proprietor of the house had purchased in order to prepare a "parting feast."
"Well, now, let's come down to the business that's got to be settled, Carrots," Teddy said, gravely, as he took from his pocket a collection of coins. "You want back the forty-three cents you paid inter the concern, an' then, of course, what you made to-day all goes to yourself. I don't have any interest in it."
"That ain't the right thing to do. I took in sixty-five cents, an' half of it belongs to you."