Part 45 (1/2)

Phil scrah seat ahead of him As he did so he uttered an exclamation The red head of Red Larry could be seen, his beady eyes peering over the back of a seat

”I've got you this ti over the seat in such a hurry that he fell in a heap on the other side of it

The lad seerave peril He had no fear in histhe desperate, revengeful man who had not only assaulted Phil, but who had caused soShows

”Don't you dare coe-distorted face he suddenly whipped out a knife

Phil picked up a club and started toward him The club happened to be a tent stake Red observed the action, and crouching loaited as the lad approached hiet you, Red! I'm not afraid of your knife

You can't touchto slarinned Phil Forrest

Red snarled and showed his teeth

”Oh, you needn't think you can get away Thehere in a minute, and then I reckon you'll be tied up and duh I don't think even a lion would eat such a htened up Now, he held so in his hand besides the knife It was a stake

Red drew back his ar adversary's head Phil, observing theto throw so hurriedly, his aim was poor Red Larry's aied like a flash

Had he not done so the stake would have struck hirazed the side of his head, causing the lad to fall in a heap

Red Larry hesitated only for a second, then leaping to the high rear seat of the wagon drew his knife along the canvas above hi thus made he peered cautiously What he saw evidently convinced him of the truth of what Phil had just said Up toward the head of the train the searchers were at work, and fro for hih the canvas just as Phil pulled hiling through the canvas

Phil uttered a yell, hurling hih-backed seats in an effort to catch and hold the legs ere Red could get out But Larry heard hion to the deck of the flat car

Phil once h the wagon

”I've got you!” yelled the boy as he pulled hi hesitatingly on the flat car with a frightened look in his eyes

”Hi! Hi!” cried Phil, turning and gesticulating wildly at the ot hi by his head and dropped quivering in the canvas beyond hied tent been destroyed by a lurch of the car, thus saving the Circus Boy's life

”Want to kill

Don't you dare move or I'll drop this stake on you I can't lance, faced the front and leaped fro cinder-covered bank

Phil let drive his tent stake It caught Red on the shoulder, bowling the rascal over like a nine pin

Phil Forrest uttered a yell of exultation, suddenly dropping to the floor of the car at the i over the cars in his direction He did not knohether they had seen Red jump or not Phil did not waste any ti to the edge of the car, keeping hion

Then Phil Forrest did a daring thing Crouching low, choosing his tily, he jumped fro slowly up the heavy grade But, slowly as they were going, the lad turned several rapid handsprings after having struck the ground, co to a stop halfway down the slope, so about

But he was on his feet in a twinkling, and running toward the spot where Red was painfully picking hiave way beneath his feet but ran on with a grim determination not to let his man escape him this time