Part 35 (1/2)

At each stand of late efforts had been et the police to keep an eye open for one Red Larry, but police officials do not, as a rule, give very serious heed to the complaints of a circus, especially unless the entire depart was a shoho did not give away ood reason for so doing

Phil, in the meantime, had been at work in an effort to satisfy his own belief that Larry was responsible for their nuht sight of Red; and now he had lost the scoundrel through the laxity of a police over spilled milk,” as Phil told hi over the tohere the circus was to show that day He sought everywhere for Red, but not a sign of the felloas to be found

As soon as the parade was over Phil hastened back to the lot to acquaint Mr Sparling hat he suspected

”Do you know,” said Phil, ”I believe that fellow and his coht?”

”What?” exclaiht when the truth is known Then there's so else There have been a lot of complaints about sneak thieves in the toe have visited since Red left us

You can't tell There may be so the show I'h with this chase”

”Be careful, Phil He is a bad ain”

”I a

The trouble is that Red doesn't go after a fellow that way”

Phil went on in his three acts as usual that afternoon, after having spent an hour at the front door taking tickets, to which task he had assigned hi

It was instructive; it gave the boy a chance to see the people and to get a ne of human nature If there is one place in the world where all phases of human nature are to be found, that place is the front door of a circus

The Circus Boys, by this time, had both fitted into their new acts as if they had been doing the in the leaping act, both lads gaining the confidence and esteem more and more every day of their fellow perforht, after the perfor thedown the tent

He had another ht see so of the man he was in search of, for no better tie to circus property than when the canvas was being struck

Then everyone was too busy to pay any attention to anyone else

Teddy had gone on to pay his usual evening visit to the accommodation car and at the same time make miserable the existence of the worthy who presided over that particular car

Phil waited until nearly twelve o'clock; then, deciding that it would be useless to reer, turned his footsteps toward the railroad yards, for he was tired and wanted to get to bed as soon as possible

He found the way readily, having been over to the car once during the ht was very dark, however, and the yards, at the end from which he approached them, were enshrouded in deep shadows

On down the tracks Phil could see the s the heavy cages and canvas wagons up on the flat cars Men were shouting and yelling, the usual accoers werethe operations

”That's the way I used to sit up and watch the circus get out of town,”for the sleeper where his berth was

All at once the lights seemed to disappear suddenly froround

He tried to cry out, but could not utter a sound

Then the lad understood that he was being grasped in a vise-like grip That was the last he knew

When Phil finally awakened he was still in deep, i rapidly, but there seee and unusual in his surroundings His berth felt hard and unnatural

For a ti to recall what had happened There was a blank somewhere, but he could not find it