"Maybe we can—to-night, after he locks up."
"Say, dat would be just de t'ing," burst out the larger boy. "Nobody is around, and it would be easy to break open de lock. If only we had a push-cart, we could make a big haul."
"I know an Italian who has one. We can borrow dat."
"Will he lend it?"
"I'll borrow it on de sly."
So a plan was arranged to get the push-cart that night, after the news stand was locked up and Nelson and Van Pelt had gone away. Billy Darnley had a bunch of keys in his pocket, and he felt fairly certain that one or another would fit the lock to the stand.
"Won't Nelse be surprised when he finds de t'ings gone?" said Snocks. "But it will serve him right, won't it?"
"To be sure," added Darnley. "He's gittin' too high-toned. He wants to come down out of de clouds."