Teddy and Carrots: Two Merchants of Newpaper Row

out being intercepted by Skip; and once there, they wer

, apparently talking on different subjects, and in the seats rese

at's certain," Carrots said, gazing around the

enie asked, in a tone of awe. "I reckon he'd be je

t of course it won't happen now we've got the lawyer. I tell

ad when he knows. We want ter keep pretty

nt who had been seen at the station-house, and Carrots went sw

ng that fell

e van with the rest

that you promised

wasn't hard on him. I can't fix anyth

I'm another, an' we've

have?

the name o

ht, unless you have a bad case; and from what the r

he give Teddy one in the face, an' th

it, for I haven't the time," the officer s

suddenly saw their new friend within a s

excitedly. "How do you s'pose h

he prisoner a moment, as if debati

ible, and clinging to the iron bars, his usually clean face begrimed with dirt, through which the

tender heart, and, regardless of whether he might be able

this boy who had proved himself to be a real friend; but before a single w

back

to talk with

and he made a threatening gesture which was not

t out, too, 'cause he didn't do anything, an' wouldn't have been brought here if he'd had sense enough to run when they

the officer seized him by one shoulder, spinning him around

boy, I'll put you in with him! What are

ge all 'bout how this thing happened. You see, I was right there, an

push which might have thrown him headlong but for the fact tha

, looking at the officer an instant, as if to make out whe

prisoners when the lawyer arrived; and then for the first time did Teddy's

ployed him had not followed the directions given, Carrots made his presence known by going u

Sit down. I'll call y

it happened? You don't want to forget that Skip jumped in

sently; but just now I don't care to hear it, and h

command. "It seems like he's puttin' on a good many airs, an' don't want ter listen to how the thing hap

he ought ter know; so I reckon we can 'fo

when he heard the clerk call the name "Theodore Thurston;" and, an in

al of his most intimate friends, entered the room, and immedi

ectly familiar to him, Master Skip approached Teddy'

you two do

ets along. Don't s'pose you've got any

w whether I

me the word, 'cause we're bound to

s speaking sarcastically, and he took no further

The feller what tries to help that chu

Brooklyn the other day,

yn!" And with this threat Master Jellison and his friends advanced to a settee nearer the jud

ispered; and it could plainly be seen that Master Massey was very much frig

f-possession-although he had come especially as a

uted "Joseph Williams," a

he means me,

lse that feller'll be up on the Island b

his way to the stand; and, in so doing, he saw Teddy's ene

nough to say. "You're comin' out of it all

d for the first time in his life he laid his hand on a Bible, and sw

arly all the visitors to the Tombs court, where it is an impossibility for one on the spectators' benches to disting

istinctly all that was said; and, judging from their mirth,

nd then the judge glowered down upon him until he realized

ible for any one to ask him a question, Carrots leaned toward t

in an' hit Teddy one in the face, an' then come back

ant you to tell the story I will ask for it.

ceman caught him. You see, it was jest this way: Skip he jumped in

is time Mr. Varney stepped forward to whe

judge's questions-not attemp

t if I don't give him the whole right th

ays, and don't try t

iceman arrested him?" the judge asked

ave time. You see, Skip run as soon as he hi

in pursuit of the boy

n the mud, an' hit him once in the face; an' he would have

oner doing when th

dn't run the business in New York; but Teddy he walked 'way down from Saranac jest to ge

id anything to this

ime. Skip jumped right in an'

again. Had there been any

n town till this mornin', an' he never

friend

ebody had to help him out, an' there didn't seem to be anybody willin' but me. He ought ter be

it-I use the word 'extract' advisedly-from this witness and his friend," the la

about your fee?" the j

wn to refuse anything offered in the way of payment. That was t

ght amusement of those who could hear him; and, when he concluded, the j

hat the prisoner did not fight wit

in with a left-hander; but Teddy warded it off, and then Skip run. The policeman grabbed Teddy to

would have fought if he

you in the neck, an' knocked your papers in t

nd you can confine yourself t

a trifle abashed by the change which came over

t attention to him until fully five minutes later, when the lawyer beckoned for h

all be curious to learn how long you will keep

asked, a look of disappointment coming over his face

nd be careful not to get into any more trouble on the street, fo

arrots repeated. "Does that mean

tain

stically, and then, as the lawyer turned away, presumably to attend to his own business, the amateur Good Samaritan l

' his gang were jest gettin' up when I come out. T

n kind er straighten things, an' see wha

ions insisted it would be more than foolish to risk an encou

se, Carrots?" Teenie asked.

nt to give the snap away, else the whole thing will be broke

ter I've been kept still so long," Teddy said, gravely. "I came here countin' on mak

y one of your papers, an' have got

s; an' if ever I can do anything to

me when Skip an' his crowd come 'round,

city," Teddy replied, in a tone of perplexity; and straightway the three were plunged into a maze of bewilderment that the la

the web woven by Justice which older h