"There's no need of dividin' it, 'cause I made fifty-two myself; so let each feller keep his profits, an' it'll be fair. Now here's the rest of your money," and Teddy pushed toward him a small pile of nickels and pennies.
"I don't want to take it," Carrots objected, mournfully. "When I'm away I'd rather think some of my money was here, an', p'rhaps, when I come back on a vacation, I'll need a little. Then you can let me have it."
Teddy would have preferred to settle the business at once; but Carrots appeared so anxious to have a pecuniary interest in the city, that he said in conclusion:
"Well, we'll let it go your way, Carrots, an' when you come back I'll be here, 'less somethin' happens to me."
Then the two talked further of the farm, and suddenly Carrots was reminded of a very important piece of business.
"Well, I'll be jiggered! If I didn't forget all 'bout that lawyer! Now it wouldn't do to slip up on him, would it?"
"Of course not."
"Why couldn't you go over every mornin' and fix the thing?"
"I can, Carrots, an' I will. It's no more'n right, 'cause you made the debt on my account, an' I ought ter pay it. Say, I don't s'pose you'd care if I should use your box while you're gone, would you? I've been thinkin' perhaps by carryin' the outfit with me I might get a chance to black boots when business was dull."
"Of course you can; but you must keep your eye peeled pretty slick, 'cause the fellers don't like to see a boy try to run both kinds of work, an' they'll be apt to make a row."