Do not lose a minute. But wait! I'll telephone the liveryman
for a wagon to carry the paper, brushes and paste pots over.
You remain here, Henry, and go with the wagon. Teddy, you
hustle for the men. Run as if the Rhino from the Sparling
menagerie were charging you!"
Teddy leaped from the car platform and was off, with Phil
sprinting after him in long strides.
They passed the manager of the canary colored car just as they
were running across the switches in the railroad yard. He was
only then getting to his car.
CHAPTER XVII
THE CHARGE OF THE PASTE BRIGADE
Phil's plans were formed instantly.
He ran to a place where he had seen a painter's sign earlier
in the day. Reaching there he ordered the painter to send out
to the Ward Building a gang of painters with their swinging
platform, tackle and full equipment, telling the man briefly
what was wanted of him after the apparatus reached the building
in question.
"Now hurry it, and I'll double the price you ask if you get there
and do the work I am asking of you."
The painter needed no further inducement. Once again money made
its announcement in unmistakable tones.
Phil again started off on a run. Reaching the Ward Building he
found his banner men and lithographers gathering. A few moments
after his arrival the livery wagon with the paste, brushes and
paper, came dashing up with Henry, the porter, standing guard
over it.
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