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The Circus Boys On the Mississippi
Or
Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River

By EDGAR B. P. DARLINGTON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I MAKING A LIVELY STARTII JANUARY LENDS A FOOTIII A DAY OF MEMORIESIV THEIR CURIOSITY AROUSEDV THE CIRCUS BOYS' SURPRISEVI A BOLT FROM THE CLOUDSVII IN NEW QUARTERSVIII JANUARY ON THE RAMPAGEIX PHIL FORREST TO THE RESCUEX ALL ABOARD FOR THE GULF!XI EGG, EGG, WHO'S GOT THE EGG?XII TRYING OUT A NEW ACTXIII A NARROW ESCAPEXIV THE PILOT GETS A SURPRISEXV AN UNWELCOME VISITORXVI BETRAYED BY A SNEEZEXVII EAVESDROPPERS!XVIII MAKING A CAPTUREXIX TEDDY JOINS THE BANDXX A CAPTURE IN THE AIRXXI A CIRCUS BOY MISSINGXXII OVERBOARD INTO THE RIVERXXIII THE ROMAN CHARIOT RACESXXIV CONCLUSION

The Circus Boys on the Mississippi

CHAPTER I

MAKING A LIVELY START

"Have you had any trouble with Diaz, Teddy?"

"Who's he?"

"The new Spanish clown."

"Oh!"

Teddy Tucker's face grew serious.

"What about him, Phil?"

"That is what I am asking you. Have you had anymisunderstanding—angry words or anything of the sort with him?"persisted Phil Forrest, with a keen, inquiring glance into theface of his companion.

"Well, maybe," admitted the Circus Boy, with evident reluctance.
"What made you think I had?"

"From the way he looked at you when you were standing in thepaddock this afternoon, waiting for your cue to go on."

"Huh! How did he look at me?"

"As if he had a grudge against you. There was an expression inhis eyes that said more plainly than words, 'I'll get even withyou yet, young man, you see if I do not.'"

"Wonderful!" breathed Teddy.

"What do you mean?"

"You must be a mind reader, Phil Forrest," grumbled Teddy,digging his heel into the soft turf of the circus lot. "Can youread my mind? If you can, what am I thinking about now?"

"You are thinking," answered Phil slowly, "that you will make meforget the question I asked you just now. You are thinking youwould rather not answer my question."

Teddy opened his eyes a little wider.

"You ought to go into the business."

"What business?"

"Reading people's minds, at so much per read."

"Thank you."

"I wish you'd read the mind of that donkey of mine, and findout what he's got up his sleeve, or rather his hoofs, for methis evening."

"Do you know of what else you are thinking?"

"Of course I do. Think I don't know what I am thinking about?
Well! What am I thinking about?"

"At the present moment you are thinking that you will do to Diazwhat he hopes to do to you some of these days—get even with himfor some fancied wrong. Am I right?"

"I'll hand him a good stiff punch, one of these fine springmornings, that's what I'll do," growled Tucker, his faceflushing angrily.

"Teddy Tucker, listen to me!"

"I'm listening."

"You will do nothing of the sort."

"I won't?"

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