Part 43 (1/2)
”I' Car Three all the way over?”
All hands set up a shout of laughter
CHAPTER XXI
IN A PERILOUS POSITION
The story of Phil Forrest's brilliant and perilous dash quickly spread about the town By six o'clock a great crowd had gathered about the station to get a look at the car and at the Circus Boy who had piloted her
Phil was hustling about in search of an engine crew from the other road He wanted his car moved fro and run into hi that he already had so successfully begun
In theup and down, looking wise and po to be admired As soon as the newspaper offices were open he made haste to visit thereat wildcat dash, displaying the account under big, black headlines The Sparling Shows got a full measure of publicity that day
Teddythe notice,to read
On the in of one of the papers so sent, Teddy wrote with a lead pencil, ”no news today”
What the Circus Boy's idea of news really was it would be difficult to say
Car Three had a fair field for ot in there were few choice locations for billing left in the town
The er of the yellow car tried to induce the railroad authorities to proceed against Phil for the boy's action in taking his car over the division without authority The road, however, refused to accede to the de had soed that day between the owner of the show and the division superintendent In the meantime Phil did not trouble his to think of
The next stand was to be in Oklahoma Phil hoped that, by the tih ahead of the rival cars to shake them off entirely
That afternoon he and Teddy went over town to look over the work
One of the first things to attract Phil's attention was a flag pole towering high above everything else in the city
”Wouldn't I like to unfurl a Sparling banner fro up at the top ”How high is that pole?” he asked of anear him
”One hundred feet”
Teddy whistled softly
”I wonder if I could get the consent of the town authorities to run so ot the permission,” answered the man
”Why not?”
”There is no rope on the pole It rotted off a year ago”
”That is too bad I had already setthe pole It can be seen fro way out of the city at that”