Teddy and Carrots: Two Merchants of Newpaper Row

n shouted to a party of his friends who were seated on a curbstone, not far from the Newsboys

dy Jackson asked, replac

must be quick about it, o

nsiderable importance to cause him to move in such a lively manner, and they followed him a

aster Jellison's agi

as a boy, apparently about twelve years of age, who, to the newsboy spectators, looked pa

spaper wrappings a small cake of yell

ash his face and hands, using a plentiful amount of soap; and then, to the in

" Skip said, in what he intended for a sarca

country, an' is goin' to buy

ried, in mingled excitement and anger t

o use, the water in the basin serving as a mirror; and then, to the surprise and di

to laugh or be angry, "that feller's makin' me tired. S'pos'n' we go over an' give him a

r astonishment nor alarm; and Skip involuntarily halted a few paces awa

t you

chaps here made sure there m

at those who were surroun

wd, I should think you might be s'prised to s

y, as he stepped forward to Skip's side. "We didn'

did you wa

yin' 'round this city very long. There was a chap jest like you come down h

, 'cause there's nobody wants to know where I am. So go ah

any threatening gestures, because the stranger was not at all disturbed b

n, instead of going away, as Skip and his friends seemed to think he should have done as soon as they arrived, he stood with his

y to defy them; and the latter finally asked, impatiently: Well, what're you fel

ve here?"

in' here, an' don't feel like leavin' till

id you c

arana

n a parlor-c

ose wrong, 'c

once more Skip scrutinise

ost anything for a feller to wash his face, comb his hair, or have his cloth

F YOU COUNT ON STAYIN' ROUND TH

the interest of yo

quiet reply. "That's my calkerlation; but

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one hand, while he guarded himself against a possible attack. "There were twenty

t would be worth his while to cultivate; and, in order to show his friendliness, he seated himself, in a st

money enough for my ke

ellin' papers?

cause I've got to make money enough for my

s your

y Thu

per business, are goin' to have you comin' in takin' the

ny money in it, jest as long as I want to. I didn't travel all the way down here to get scared the first day. You see, I figger it 'bout like this: Sam Thompson, he came to the city last summer, an' some fellers-I don't know whether it was you or not-made it hot for him. It wasn't more'n a week before he w

ing the fact that Skip was sarcastic. "

fter I'm settled down, it'll be a pret

oin' to begi

, somewhere. I reckon there are fellers in this town that would show a

expressive. "If you want to go to work, an' mind your eye, I don't know but it can be done; but you won't get alon

his new acquaintances. "You see, I'm pretty green, an' may

a new hand can go to work, that

aps I may come down 'cordin' to your idees; but jest now I've got too much business on hand;" and the stranger walked away, as if

a state of intense excitement over the most trifling matters, "the way he's goin' o

d asked in much too quiet a to

es to sell a paper, to start with, an' run

n tackle him now when h

n' the first time he tucks a bundle of papers

ver in Brooklyn!" Teenie Massey cried, in his shrillest to

was his favourite amusement to arouse Skip's anger, and rely upon his diminutive stature to escape a whipping; for Master Jellison prided himself upon his ability to flog any fellow of his size in New York. "You fellers meet m

in in the city; but continued on his way down-town, ignorant of, and, perhaps, careless regarding, the fact that he was to be d