"I guess Teddy won't go into the business again," he reflected. "I may
as well take my old stand."
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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