"I'll try it," Teenie said doubtfully; "but I don't b'lieve he'll listen to me. You see, after I carried him that letter he's got a idea I'm standin' in with Skip, an' I ain't at all."
This reminder of "the warning" caused Teddy to think there was more in the threat of Master Jellison's than he had at first believed.
The letter which Teenie brought on the day prior to Carrots's departure for the farm had for a while escaped his mind.
Now, however, it seemed evident, and only reasonable, that after making such a threat Skip should try to carry it into effect.
He was sadly at a loss to know exactly what he ought to do, but urged Teenie to go in search of Carrots; and when that young gentleman had departed at full speed he muttered to himself:
"It's too bad to knock off now, when business is so good, but I s'pose it's got to be done; an' yet I'd be in an awful scrape if I should get 'rested ag'in for more fightin'."
While he was thus debating in his mind, the meeting which he wished to prevent was already taking place.
On leaving his friend, Carrots had visited Fulton Ferry for the purpose of calling upon an old acquaintance to inquire if he knew where a second-hand box could be found for sale.
It was during this interview that Reddy saw him, and reported the fact of his arrival to Skip.
Failing in his purpose at this point, Carrots went boldly up to the City Hall with never a thought in his mind of the peremptory order to leave town which he had received.