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The Circus Boys Across The Continent
Or
Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark

by Edgar B. P. Darlington

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I The Boys Hear Good News
II On The Road Once More
III Phil to Rescue
IV Renewing Old Acquaintances
V Doing a Man's Work
VI The Showman's Reward
VII Trying The Culprit
VIII Phil Makes a New Friend
IX The Mule Distinguishes Himself
X His First Bareback Lesson
XI Summoned Before The Manager
XII The Human Football
XIII Ducked by an Elephant
XIV In Dire Peril
XV Emperor to The Rescue
XVI An Unexpected Promotion
XVII The Circus Boys Win New Laurels
XVIII Doing a Double Somersault
XIX Marooned in a Freight Car
XX The Barnyard Circus
XXI When The Crash Came
XXII What Happened to a Pacemaker
XXIII Searching The Train
XXIV Conclusion

The Circus Boys Across the Continent

CHAPTER I

THE BOYS HEAR GOOD NEWS

"You never can guess it—you never can guess the news, Teddy,"cried Phil Forrest, rushing into the gymnasium, his face flushedwith excitement.

Teddy Tucker, clad in a pair of linen working trunks and aragged, sleeveless shirt, both garments much the worse for theirwinter's wear, was lazily swinging a pair of Indian clubs.

"What is it, some kind of riddle, Phil?" he questioned, bringingthe clubs down to his sides.

"Do be serious for a minute, won't you?"

"Me, serious? Why, I never cracked a smile. Isn't anything tosmile at. Besides, do you know, since I've been in the circusbusiness, every time I want to laugh I check myself so suddenlythat it hurts?"

"How's that?"

"Because I think I've still got my makeup on and that I'll crackit if I laugh."

"What, your face?"

"My face? No! My makeup. By the time I remember that I haven'tany makeup on I've usually forgotten what it was I wanted tolaugh about. Then I don't laugh."

Teddy shied an Indian club at a rat that was scurrying across thefar end of their gymnasium, missing him by half the width ofthe building.

"If you don't care, of course I shan't tell you. But it's goodnews, Teddy. You would say so if you knew it."

"What news? Haven't heard anything that sounds like news,"his eyes fixed on the hole into which the rat had disappeared.

"You can't guess where we are going this summer?"

"Going? Don't have to guess. I know," answered the lad with anemphasizing nod.

"Where do you think?"

"We're going out with the Great Sparling Combined Shows,of course. Didn't we sign out for the season before we closedwith the show last fall?"

"Yes, yes; but where?" urged Phil, showing him the letter hehad just brought from the post office. "You couldn't guess ifyou tried."

"No. Never was a good guesser. That letter from Mr. Sparling?"he questioned, as his eyes caught the familiar red and goldheading used by the owner of the show.

"Yes."

"What's he want?"

"You know I wrote to him asking that we be allowed to skip therehearsals before the show starts

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