"How far was it?"
"A man said it was sixteen miles; but if it wasn't fifty, my name's Dennis! Now I'm here, an' I'm goin' to stay. Say, ain't it time to go to bed?"
"I reckon it is for you, Carrots; so turn in, an' I'll keep awake a little longer. See you in the mornin', old man."
"So long," Carrots replied, sleepily; and almost before the words had been uttered his eyes were closed in slumber.
CHAPTER X.
SKIP'S VENGEANCE.
It was necessary to shake the amateur farmer very rudely next morning before he could be awakened; and even after he had opened his eyes Teddy was obliged to repeat several times the well-known fact that they ought to get out of the yard before the shop was opened.
"Seems to me it's taken half an hour to get you awake," he said, "an' now it's time we was over the fence. I've got stuff enough for breakfast in my pocket, an' we'll eat as we go."
By this time Carrots was fully alive to the surroundings, and in a twinkling assumed his old character, which he fancied had been thrown off nevermore to be resumed.