Part 42 (1/2)
”Perhaps one of the railroad ested Teddy ”nobody else would have a key”
”You'll find no railroad man made that blunder,” replied Phil
”No! While the railroad is responsible for the daes, I hardly think they are for the wreck No key was used to open the switch”
”No key?”
”No”
”How, then?”
”The lock renched off with an iron bar and the switch wedged fast, so there could be no doubt about ould happen
Itto us, though it was a pretty safe gaht as much,” nodded Phil ”But perhaps its just as well”
”What do you mean by that?” questioned the showman sharply
”That the railroad folks will do what the police are too lazy to do”
”What?”
”Get after the felloho did it,” suggested Phil wisely
”That's so! That's so! I hadn't thought of it in that light before You've got a long head,as I have known you, so it stands to reason that youfinished his breakfast, excused himself and strolled off to another part of the tent where he ht find more excitement He sat down in his own place near the freak table and began talking shop with so continued their conversation
”I haven't given up hopes of catching hi”
”You caht”
”And I wasn't so far fro to be able to save the accommodation car?”
”No, it's a hopeless wreck”
”You probably will not put on another this season then?”
”What would you suggest?”
”I should not think it would be advisable Most of the people go don, anyway, to get their lunch after the show”
”Exactly That's the way it appeared to et your point of view” It was not that the owner had not et Phil Forrest's er and owner of a circus, seeing in Phil, as he did, the reat showreat uproar at the further end of the tent, near where Teddy sat
Twothe question as to which of them was the Smallest Man in the World, had beco each other with their tiny fists