The Circus Boys on the Plains; Or, The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show

ed Phil, hauling his companion f

the aisle of the car an

, waking me up this time

e grea

showing some slight signs of

, and good

I'm easy.

o join th

ce of

Sparling Shows, of c

rew tho

d leave t

tain

for m

It is a splendid opportunity, and we should be very grateful to Mr. Sparling for giving us the chance. Besides, it will be a

try it first. I decline to commit

mor

rid of us. All right, I'll go. I need a rest, anyway-for

s we can get away. We shall have to get a few things from our dressing-tent t

y?" questioned Tedd

ould you do with a donkey on an a

s interesting for th

have plenty to interest you without having an ill-tempered donkey along. Goo

omptly went to sleep, putting from his mind unt

time their section pulled in at Saginaw they had nea

. All preparations made, a final interview with Mr. Sparling had, and good-byes said, the C

" said Phil as the

have to get up some sort of a parade for Ca

Snowden was not on board, so, telling the porter who they were, the lads made themselves comfortable in the office of the

oft, I'm thinking

that is what you me

I mean. Do we

we are to berth at the

go look

or laying out the lithographs. At the far end was a steam boiler, used in making paste

e shelves up there?" ques

berths, sir," answered the

um

of our new home,

Circus Boy. "I think I prefer t

now looking o

the car from the outside. The car was a bright red, with the nam

would be some car," was Teddy's conclusion, after walking

shall be very comfortable after we once get

thin, nervous-appearing man of

nowden?" asked

at do yo

s my friend, Teddy Tucker. We

oked the lads

e said. "C

y of them had been satis

r?" demanded the car manager sharply, whe

, sir. We are at your d

can yo

ew work for us. We have been perfor

vertising car!" grunted the manager. "

hink

an by paper?" i

nager

know what

, s

r any other old place where we get the chance. Everything is paper on an advertising car. F

hink

The routes are laid out by the contracting agent long before we get to a town. You go out in a livery rig

s,

'll see how good a performer you really are. For the first few days I will send you out with one of t

I shall do th

o I do?" de

er eyed him d

do y

es

the steam boiler and make up the paste for the next day. You'll wi

oo, if you talk like

lushing

ge of this car. You will do as I tell you, and if you get noisy about it I'll show

l wring your neck for you, some fine day, first thi

ers and shot him through the screen doors

o project himself into the stateroom again when Phi

hil, hoping to get the car manager in a more

on't care where you sleep! You get out of he

t do that, sir." Phil's vo

's that! You dare

ll

We might as well understand

ore him in amazement. Mr. Snowden was unused to having a man in his employ talk back to him, an

!" he e

erved here as well as back with the show. I shall always look up to you as my superior, and treat you in a gentlemanly and

aten me, you

m simply seeking to come to a f

you as I do the rest of my men-

t them. From what I have seen, I should imagine they do not lead a v

please, and the quicker you understand that

me time keep my self-respect. I propose, if you persist in directing insulting lang

oad ties beside the tracks, could see and

" howled the boy

nd his fingers opened a

e hurled himself stra