“If you don't there may be a funeral to-morrow of a boy about your size.”
There was a laugh at Paul's expense, but he took it coolly.
“I'll send you a particular invitation to attend, if I can get anybody to go over to the island.”
As Mike had been a resident at Blackwell's Island on two different occasions, this produced a laugh at his expense, in the midst of which Paul walked off.
CHAPTER IV
TEDDY GIVES UP BUSINESS
“Have you sold all your packages, Paul?” asked Jimmy, as our hero entered the humble room, where the table was already spread with a simple dinner.
“No,” said Paul, “I only sold twenty. I begin to think that the prize-package business will soon be played out.”
“Why?”