"Then I'll make that do," said our hero.
He took all of Paul's money and started into the crowd, to get papers for his friend and himself.
He was struggling to get to the front when, on chancing to look to one side, he caught sight of Billy Darnley, the newsboy bully who had robbed him of the five dollars.
CHAPTER XII. NELSON RECOVERS SOME MONEY.
"Billy Darnley!" gasped our hero, in astonishment.
The bully saw Nelson and instantly ducked his head. He, too, was after newspapers, but now thought it best to quit the scene.
"I didn't t'ink he'd be here so early," he muttered, and pushed to the rear of the crowd. Once in the open, he took to his heels and dashed down Frankfort Street in the direction of the Brooklyn Bridge arches.
But Nelson was not to be "lost" so readily, and he was out of the crowd almost as soon as the bully.