"
Accordingly he once more installed himself on the post office
steps, and began to cry, "Prize packages. Only five cents!"
Having no competitor now to interfere with his trade, he met with
fair success, and by four o'clock was able to start for home with
his empty basket, having disposed of all his stock in trade.
His profits, though not so great as the day before, amounted to a
dollar.
"If I could only make a dollar every day," thought Paul, "I would
be satisfied."
CHAPTER V
PAUL LOSES HIS BASKET
Paul continued in the prize-package business for three weeks.
His success varied, but he never made less than seventy-five
cents a day, and sometimes as much as a dollar and a quarter. He
was not without competitors. More than once, on reaching his
accustomed stand, he found a rival occupying it before him. In
such cases he quietly passed on, and set up his business
elsewhere, preferring to monopolize the trade, though the
location might not be so good.
Teddy O'Brien did not again enter the field. We left him, at the
end of the last chapter, trying to escape from Mike and Jim, who
demanded a larger sum than he was willing to pay for their
services. He succeeded in escaping with his money, but the next
day the two confederates caught him, and Teddy received a black
eye as a receipt in full of all demands.
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