"
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?"
"There's too many that'll go into it."
Here Paul related his experience of the morning, explaining how
it was that Teddy had managed to distance him in the competition.
"Can't you do the same, Paul?" asked Jimmy. "Mother's got a
gold dollar she could lend you."
"That might do," said Paul; "but I don't know any boy I could
trust to draw it except you, and some of them would know we were
brothers."
"I think, Paul, that would be dishonest," said Mrs. Hoffman. "I
would rather make less, if I were you, and do it honestly."
"Maybe you're right, mother.
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