Joe Strong, the Boy Fish / or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank

ow for the unfortunate youth. For Benny Turton was loved by every one in the circus. His act was so peculiar that there wa

n the circus aga

lied the

" Helen queried. "Was

t way," went on the doctor. "But his injuries an

nces in the tank before some one was obtained to fill Benny's place, or until a new "thriller" was substituted for the tank scene, and Joe did not wish to run any c

limit which nature fixes in that case. But I understand he has been doing this act twice a day now for some years. He works, so I am told, under abo

ntly?" J

s certain now that he is in great

athetically. "Poor Benny, n

You see the water pressure on his ear drums, and on his vocal cords, caused by his act in picking up

peak?" as

le. And he c

to see him,

d," the doctor said. "I'll g

aid Joe to Helen, as they were left alone in the waiting room of the ho

remarked. "Oh, I am so sorry for him! I won

Joe. "But I don't know what I ought to do.

e can't!" Hel

lled. It won't do to shut it off suddenly. We'll have to wait until we get to another town, and we show he

elen said. "We'll go back to the

bed, with a pleasant-faced nurse hovering about him. Benny looked pale and wan,

it?" asked Joe, as he wal

d, but did

der," the nurse said. "He

forgotten. He repeated hi

e bedclothes and broug

ysician, after telling Joe and Helen they might go up, had been called to see anoth

y wr

lad you came. What did

f understood. "It's all right, Ben. I didn't do as well as you, of co

ned to you, but if you take a

can't afford to take a rest. I must get bac

ut he shook his head, and, afte

tank again for you. After that we'll see what's to be d

shook hands with the youth. "Get well

ame into his eyes, so tha

urse put in smiling, "but I think he ha

back later

r says so. But we'll

w that!" J

ather sad. It had all happened so suddenly, and the pros

be done?" a

enough to say. "I'll have to

oe reported to him the unsatisfactory

bad, Joe,"

what I

to the tank ag

ve to fill in part of

n I can get some one to work the tan

best I can. I'm going to see Benny to-morro

don't want to lose h

evening, for special lights above the big glass box filled with water made

tter received. The crowd applauded loudly. Joe did not try to stay under wa

end of it if I have to keep

certain that Joe would have to keep on with the act, at le

could hardly hear and he was too weak to wri

able to save any money, and my mother is an invalid, needing mu

id not wish to shout for fear of annoying the patients in the

h made quite a change in his prospects, and, for

en Joe went out, and the suffering boy put