Part 27 (1/2)

The bay was off like a shot, leaving Phil directly in front of the oncoet you,” shouted Dimples over her shoulder

”You can't The reins are over the bay's head,” he answered

She was powerless to help Dier herself She was such a skillful rider that it made little difference whether the reins were in her hand or on the ground, so far asher seat was concerned

With Phil, however, it was different

”I guess I ri the ure in that moment of peril

CHAPTER XV

EMPEROR TO THE RESCUE

”Get back!” shouted the boy

He had descried Teddy Tucker driving his ownto the rescue in the face of almost certain death

”You can't make it! Go back!”

Whether or not Teddy heard and understood, did not matter, for at that moment the view of the plucky lad was shut off by the elephants for line into crescent shape

”E voice But in the dust of the charge he could notlustily

”Emperor!”

Phil threw his hands above his head as was his hen desirous of having the old elephant pick hiht across the center of the crescent careened a great hulking figure, uttering loud trus that were taken up by his coround see elephant, and in the noise he did not distinguish a familiar note in the call

All at once he felt hiround

The lad was certain that his time had come But out of that cloud of dust, in which those who looked, believed that the little Circus Boy had gone down to his death, Phil Forrest rose right up into the air and was dropped unharmed to the back of old Emperor

For the moment he was so dizzy that he was unable to make up his mind what had happened or where he was Then it all came to him

He was on Emperor's back

”Hurrah!” shouted Phil ”Good old Eood fellow”

He patted the beast's head with the flat of his hand, crooned to hi every artifice that he knew to quiet the nerves of his big friend

Little by little Eht, until the lad felt al beast would take orders He tried the experiment

”Left, Emperor!”