do it! Do you hear what I say? I want those teams there at
two o'clock. Very well; see that you _do!_"

Out to the platform darted Phil in search of Teddy. The latter
was snoring industriously.

Phil grabbed him by the collar and slammed him down on
the platform.

"Ouch!" howled Teddy.

"Get up, you sleepy-head!"

"I'll friz you for that!" declared Tucker, squaring
off pugnaciously.

"Don't be silly, Teddy. This is the first emergency we have had
to face. Don't let's act like a couple of children. We must
beat the opposition, and I'm going to beat them out, no matter
what the cost or the effort. Listen! I want you to go to the
contract livery stable. Here is the address. Go as fast as your
legs will carry you."

"What, at this time of night?"

"Yes."

"Not I!"

"You go, or you close right here, young man. Come now, Teddy,