"Where will I live? Why, the same place I allers have, of course."
"But you won't dare to if Skip's goin' to cut up this way."
"I'll have him 'rested for stealin', an' then we'll see how he'll act. I guess he'll get sick of tryin' to run fellers out er town!"
Teenie made no reply to this threat because he did not believe it would be carried into effect, but said in what he intended should be a soothing tone:
"It ain't likely he'll try to do anythin' more to-day, so you'd better brace up an' get some of the blood off of your face. I've jest been down to tell Teddy what I heard Skip say he was goin' to do, an' you ought ter get 'round to the ferry, 'cause he'll be huntin' for you."
"I'm goin' to see that lawyer first, an' find out what can be done with Skip."
"Well, you want ter kind of spruce up a bit before you do that, for you don't look very fine now, Carrots."
"I'll jest leave the blood all over my face till the judge sees it."
"Then you'll stand a good chance of bein' 'rested for a pirate, 'cause you look like one." And Teenie, understanding that it would be useless to argue further with Carrots while he was in such a frame of mind, believed it his duty to notify the victim's partner that it was useless for him to neglect business, since the mischief had already been done.
Leaving the disconsolate victim of Skip's vengeance on the curbstone, Master Massey walked slowly toward the City Hall; but before he was very far from the scene of the late encounter, he met Teddy.