packages and their contents, was profit. Now, according to the
arrangement entered into between him and Mike, the latter, for his
services, was to receive one cent on every package sold. This, however,
seemed to Teddy too much to pay, so, when the time of reckoning came, he
stoutly asseverated that there were but sixty packages.

"That don't go down," said Mike, indignantly; "it's nearer a hundred."

"No, it isn't. It's only sixty. You've got the fifty cents, and I'll
give you ten more."

"You must give me the whole sixty, then," said Mike, changing his
ground. "I drawed the fifty as a prize."

Teddy was struck with astonishment at the impudence of this assumption.

"It wasn't no prize," he said.

"Yes, it was," said Mike. "You said so yourself. Didn't he, Jim?"

Jim, who was also a confederate, but had agreed to accept twenty-five
cents in full for services rendered, promptly answered:

"Shure, Mike's right. It was a prize he drew."

"You want to chate me!" said Teddy, angrily.

"What have you been doin' all the mornin'?" demanded Mike. "You're the
chap to talk about chatin', ain't you?"