Part 15 (2/2)

”The stake and chain gang will just about be on the job by this time”

It is a well known fact in the circus world that there is no better place to get infor, the ets in and survey it, driving stakes to shohere the tents are to be pitched, and it is a familiar anshen one is unable to answer a question to say: ”Ask the stake and chain gang”

That was exactly what Phil Forrest had in on to the circus lot, where he found the round with their surveyor's chains, in the faintover to where he observed the forerowled the showrowl because the fellow had not yet had his breakfast

”See this way pretty fast?”

suggested the lad

”What d'ye mean?”

”I hear that there are to be two over in Corinto within two days--yours and--and What's the narunted the forerinned appreciatively He had drawn his man out on the first round

”That's it That's the name I shouldn't think he'd want to show in the same place the day after you had been there?”

”Why not?”

” 'Cause the folks will all spend theirto your show”

The forehed

”That's exactly what they will do, kid That's ant theet off the earth before we get through with them The boss has his axe out for that outfit”

”Indeed?” cooed Phil

”Yes He's going, between you and me, to keep a day ahead of them all the way over this circuit”

”Sh as if he appreciated the joke fully ”Have an orange I always carry so to visit a circus”

”Thanks, that will taste good at this ti until the cook tent is ready The cook tent is where we get our meals, you understand 'Course you don't know about those things”

”No indeed!”

”Outsiders never do,” replied the o, when you told ?”

”Yes”

”What?”