Glad to be on pleasant terms with the old man once more, Teddy stated that they had been at work very hard since the first train arrived, and concluded by saying:
"I took over sixty dollars yesterday, and Mr. Sweet says it'll come near to a hundred to-day."
"Sixty dollars!" the old man cried. "Are you telling me the truth, Teddy Hargreaves?"
"Of course I am, an' I've got the money in my pocket to prove it."
"Why, at this rate you'll soon be a rich man, for you don't seem to lose much of the stock."
"We buy a good many canes or knives back. When a man puts a ring over one that he don't want we take it in, and give him five more chances. In that way there is very little goes out compared to the amount of money received."
Uncle Nathan looked around at the players for a moment, and then in a very confidential tone he whispered:
"See here, Teddy, don't you want a partner? I'll pay for the stock you bought, an'——"
"I've already done that out of yesterday's receipts," Teddy cried. "All the bills are settled, an' what comes in now is clear profit."
"But suppose I stood here an' called up the people I know, don't you think it would make business better?"