Part 11 (2/2)

”You don't say? Which one?”

”Felloith the red hair I heard theht not have noticed him particularly His hair is redder than Rod Palmer's I should think it would set him on fire”

”It certainly would seeood and proper, and he's going to get it, you take ood naturedly

”Please, now, Teddy, forget it Don't go and get into anyyou know Then it will be a difficult et into any other show if you are sent away frorace”

”Don't you worry about me I'll take care of ree to that,” laughed Phil ”I should say that quite the contrary is the case”

Teddy fell suddenly silent as they walked on in the bright -drawn breaths

Entering the paddock they turned sharply to the left and pushed their way through the canvas curtains into the dressing tent

”Hurrah for the Circus Boys,” shouted so-ar-footed -armed man uses his arms not his feet”

”Come over here and show yourself,” shouted another voice

Phil walked over and stood s seeood nature

”Huh, not so runted a new perforuess not,” interposed Mr Miaco ”I happened to see that stunt pulled offI ever saw a et aith” Then Mr Miaco went over the scene with great detail, while Phil stole away to his own corner, where he busied hi over his trunk to hide his blushes

But Teddy felt no such ean searching about for so This he soon found It was a pail, but he appeared to be in a hurry

Picking up the pail he ran with it to the water barrel, that always stands in the dressing tent, filled the pail and skulked out as if he did not desire to attract attention

Once outside the dressing tent Teddy ran at full speed across the paddock and out into the big top A fewup apparatus for the perforave no heed to the boy with the pail of water

Teddy ran his eye along the inside of the tent, nodded and went on to thethe steps to the upper row

Arriving there he cautiously peered out over the top of the side wall What he saw evidently was not to his liking, for oncethe top seat toward the erie tent

All at once he paused, put down his pail and peered out over the side wall again Nodding with satisfaction he picked up the pail, lifted it to the top of the side wall, oncethe distance well, then suddenly turned the pail bottoathered up several handfuls of sawdust and dirt which he had stirred well into the water as he ran,a pasty mess of it

It was this mixture that he had now poured out over the side wall Teddy waited only an instant to observe the effect of the deluge that he had turned on Then he fled down the rattling board seats

Outside a sudden roar broke the stillness No sooner had he reached the bottom of the seats than severallike Cohtened look at them, then ran like all possessed What he had seen was a red-hairedith hair and clothes plastered with mud and sawdust Larry was after the lad in full cry

CHAPTER VII