"I tell you what I'll do," he said. "You kids take care of the
place and furnish the fruit and stuff and I'll put up the coin for
all the stuff you have to buy--chewing gum, and accessories, and
souvenirs and junk that has to be got in the city, and we'll share
even. I'll put up the capital and be a silent partner. How does that
strike you? You two will be the active partners. We'll make the thing
go big. I mean what I say."
"What's a silent partner?" Pee-Wee demanded.
"Oh, that's just the fellow that puts up the money and keeps in the
background sort of, and nobody knows he's interested."
"I'd rather be a noisy partner," Pee-Wee said.
"I wouldn't be silent for anybody, I wouldn't." Deadwood Gamely
paused a moment, smiling.
"No, but you could keep a secret, couldn't you?" he asked.
CHAPTER XI
TWO IS A COMPANY--THREE IS BAD LUCK
Pee-Wee and Pepsy were not agreed about allowing this third person
to buy into their enterprise. Pepsy was suspicious because she could
not understand it. But Pee-Wee, quick to forget dislikes and trifling
injuries, was strong for the new partner.
"He's all right," he told her, "and scouts are supposed to be kind
and help people and maybe he wants to reform and we ought to help him
get into business.
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