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I am afraid Snoop is lost, children." "Oh dear!" cried Flossie. The next day, having learned from the railroad company where the circus had gone after the wreck, Mr. Bobbsey sent a letter to the manager, explaining about the lost silver cup, and the found circus dog. He asked that the fat lady be requested to write to him, to let him know if she had taken the cup by accident, and Mr.
The innkeeper smiled, and addressed Ursus. "Master Ursus, you can sell the Green Box." Ursus looked at Nicless. "Master Ursus, you have the offer." "From whom?" "An offer for the caravan, an offer for the two horses, an offer for the two gipsy women, an offer " "From whom?" repeated Ursus. "From the proprietor of the neighbouring circus." Ursus remembered it. "It is true."
"Jerry orter have first choice," said Nora, the conciliator, "seein' it was him thought of playin' circus." "I guess I can jump the highest, can't I?" Danny asked in a tone that said as plain as day that that settled the matter. "It's my el'funt!" insisted Jerry. "You always take first choice," Chris complained. "You could take turns about being el'funt," Nora suggested.
Don't need any money to go to a circus." "You don't?" "No." "How do you manage it?" "Crawl in under the tent when the man ain't looking," answered Teddy promptly. "I wouldn't want to do that," decided the older lad, with a shake of the head. "It wouldn't be quite honest. Do you think so?" Teddy Tucker shrugged his shoulders indifferently. "Never thought about it. Don't let myself think about it.
The proprietor of the circus, however, brought in a small baby elephant which performed several clever tricks. This delighted Her Majesty more than anything else and when the proprietor saw how pleased she was he offered the elephant as a present, which she accepted.
And chances are, Felix, we'll find those two boys sneaking up here before the middle of the night." "Wish't they would," chuckled the farm hand. "You're ready to give 'em a warm time of it, I guess, Andy. Be as good as any old circus to me, just to see how they jump when you open up. Let 'em come, says I. The sooner the better, too." Long they lay there, and talked in low tones.
"What do we want of balloons?" asked the little girl. "I mean we ought to have somebody sell them outside the tents," Bunny went on. "It won't look like a real circus without toy balloons." "That's so," agreed Sue. "But how can we get 'em?" "We'll ask the balloon man," said Bunny. He was not a bit bashful about speaking to strangers.
And to-morrow it is a State secret, my dear, but it will be very generally known in the morning we have seats for them all at the circus. If we can hold them together all is well, but if they split we are undone. Meantime our difficulties increase. At the very passage of the Bill itself a question was asked by one of the new labour members, a miner, my dear, a quite uneducated man "
He was nearing the blacksmith shop and it was soon apparent to him that quite a number of men had gathered in front of the shop itself. Skulking up to the corner, the last rod being traversed on all fours, the circus boy flattened himself on the ground to listen, in an effort to learn if possible what were the plans of the villagers.
It was good, healthy fun, and Tommy Cabot stood by with a broad grin on his face, enjoying it thoroughly. As they rolled toward the woods he picked up an armful of leaves and scattered it over the crowd. The tussle lasted for full five minutes, and then the various boys sat up almost exhausted. "Guess you've got an appetite for dinner now," observed the boy from the circus.
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