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