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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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TEDDY AND CARROTS LEAVE THE "TOMBS" _Frontispiece_

"'YOU'D BETTER MIND YOUR EYE, IF YOU COUNT ON STAYIN'
ROUND THIS CITY VERY LONG!' SAID SKIP" 15

TEDDY IS ARRESTED, WHILE HIS ENEMIES ESCAPE 29

"'NOW, THEN, WHAT DO YOU WANT, YOUNG CHAP?' THE OFFICER
ASKED" 33

TEENIE MASSEY'S EVENING CALL AT CARROTS'S RESIDENCE 53

"'IT WAS JEST LIKE THIS,' SAID CARROTS" 62

TEENIE BRINGS THE "COMMITTEE'S" WARNING 89

AN EXACT COPY OF THE "COMMITTEE'S" WARNING 92

"I SAID I KNEW A BOY, AN' I SHOWED HIM RIGHT UP" 105

"WHY, HE WAS ALL OVER THAT PASTURE QUICKER'N YOU
COULD WINK!" 117

CARROTS FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY 127

TEDDY DEFENDS HIS PARTNER 143

IKEY BEFORE THE GROCER'S WINDOW 155

THE BOYS AT THE DOCTOR'S DOOR 171

"'HOW DID YOU KNOW CARROTS LIVED HERE?' TEDDY ASKED,
STERNLY" 197

"'WHAT ARE YOU YELLIN' LIKE THAT FOR?' SAID SID" 209

"CARROTS DISPLAYS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MESSRS. THURSTON
AND WILLIAMS" 217

PROSPERITY 221

TEDDY AND CARROTS.