The Circus Boys in Dixie Land; Or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South

, Ph

is it,

are in the ol

lroad yards, the bright May sunshine flooding the old familiar scenes at Edmesto

rest-recollections that went back still furthe

n and lay face down in

ay,

manded the lad i

ho's out

n't k

ng's ou

ho

e whole high

O

on, for if it was dark, we couldn't make much of a spl

es

sed, full of expectation of what was before him. For Phil there was something that tinged his joy with sadness, th

, hur

w," answered Phil.

wash the first th

There, lined up by the side of the track, were their

tered a shout when they

ng on the car platform for a moment, t

and the two lads had been grabbed by their schoolmates and literally overwhelmed, while a crowd of

nd a great crowd of people whom they knew, and for a few minutes they were kept busy shaking hands, after which the

s we're some

n to our acts. You want to keep your mind right on your work today. Don't pay any attention to the audience.

how to perform,"

know you do, but I don't wan

f. I'll take care of

going

to call on Mrs. Cahill, their guardian and the custodian of thei

d, pointing to Mr. S

our class," breathed Teddy. "I didn't see him at

wasn't

ppose he is doing in

less he is trying to find ou

en the Circus Boys hurried toward him. Billy went sudde

g in there?" d

s trying to join the

d I couldn't travel in the sa

lly, now regaining h

us we'd put the sh

you would,"

ou going

Cahi

way with you. What time do

act about ten o'cl

hy

uch. I just wa

choolboy, but Billy's face bore an expression

the lads as they w

th of you. You no doubt will want to spen

"There's the finest man

call performing

s a pretty good imit

like you do," added

eally wo

y. Come to the show an

"the fellows are all coming

not this a

eni

es

onight, so the boss will not be in any hu

you always g

un before us, Mr. Sparling cuts some of the acts out entirely, an

wondered the s

oys all going t

the girls are going to be there, too. I

er-will he go to the

ou'll find him,

he

parade go by. He won't dare show himself after the way t

o over and see him after we

r of their coming, and it was a joyful meeting between the three. In a short time, however,

at let's do, Tedd

ha

by, just as we used to do before we went into the show business. I'll run over to see Uncle Abner in th

'll have a lunch for you after the par

"But, I had rather thought you might li

! Eat with

ls, he doesn't mean

like to have you eat

e performers,

u just as well after the

rel

here. I have some fresh molasse

Teddy's eye

you want

ime when I didn't. I want 'em when I'm

le handful in

off!" annou

? Will you come back

can make faces at the other performers

alled Phil. "When are you going to

through the streets. I've fixed it with one of the hostl

m in this

urprise tonight. What are you goi

e so sensational as your feat w

from the show grounds, the owner of the show, without the knowledge of the lads, had paid a visit to

gone in the parad

hy

ace to s

a much b

he

parade, but not everyone can perform on the

tively threw

ght, at th

lish blow the big bass horn. You could hear

hill's hospitable doorstep to await the arrival of the parade

calliope rose above all the rest, bringing

that steam mu

It's the most hideous discord of noises I ever heard. I never did l

eed Teddy w

reached around a bend and began straightening away

vince some of the enthusiasm that they had known befo

two years ago, Phil

was a red letter day in my life, the

ll you fell in eit

se did I

n you stopped t

laugh. He w

a lucky

hy

f giving you and me our sta

see me make faces at them w

olden chariot of the band, glistening in the bright morning sunligh

band wagon was solid

u find out d

e of the gold with my knife and found it was not

gon trying to do?" de

going to turn ar

ill home, and pointed toward the roadside fence. The boys could not understand what the move meant. An i

e door yard, coming to a

" stammer

serenade us," cri

What do you think o

aded by a circus ban

d the widow, a li

stop again just to the left of the dooryard gate, so

e owner in his handsome carriage drawn by f

siasm, to which the showman responded by taking of

s, and they were even more surprised and gr