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Updated: June 29, 2025
At last the show began with what Frozzler termed on his handbills the Grand Opening Parade, consisting of the two elephants, two ladies on horseback, two circus hands on horseback, the little bear, who was tame, and several educated dogs. In the meantime the band, consisting of seven pieces, struck up a march which was more noise than harmony. "Here's your grand circus," whispered Sam.
"Thank you; nothing like giving us good measure!" "I'd like to wax that boy good!" growled Giles Frozzler, as he shot into the dressing tent. "Those youngsters spoiled my act completely." And then he hurried to a pail of water to bathe his nose. The next act was fairly good and put the crowd in good humor once more. But that to follow was so bad that many began to hiss.
"All right then, you can consider yourself discharged," cried Giles Frozzler. He had started in the circus business as a clown and thought he could very well fill his employee's place for a day or two. In the meantime he would send to the city for another clown whom he knew was out of a situation.
At the same time, Frozzler came out, dressed in a clown's suit and painted up. "Hullo, there's that chap again!" cried Dick. "He must be running half the show himself." "How are you to-morrow?" sang out the clown. And after doing a flip-flap, he continued: "Mr. Ringmaster, what's the difference between your knife and me?" "I know!" shouted Tom.
"I t'ink any whale would, 'less his insides was copper-lined." Aleck said this so gravely that it brought forth a roar which did not subside for a full minute. Poor Frozzler could do nothing, and to save himself made half a dozen tumbles. Then he started to run from the ring, but tripped over one of the ropes and pitched headlong on his nose. "Hullo, there a tumble extra!" sang out Tom.
"If you don't shut up I'll have you put out," came angrily from Giles Frozzler. "Why don't you buy hats for the pool' dear monkeys?" went on Tom. "Then they wouldn't want yours." "Oh, you keep quiet!" "Those monkeys are about starved," said Sam. "Let us get up a subscription for their benefit. I don't believe they have had a square meal in a year."
"The difference between your knife and me," answered Frozzler, "is that you can shut your knife up but you can't shut me up," and then he made a face and did another tumble. "His knife is sharper than you, too," cried Sam. A roar followed, which made Frozzler so angry he shook his fist at the youngest Rover. "Why is that boy like a fish?" cried Frozzler.
"He certainly must be a one-horse fellow, or he wouldn't be throwing out his own showbills," said Sam, on hearing this. Frozzler wore a soft hat, and as he stood near the monkey cage Tom threw some peanuts into the crown of the head covering. Instantly the monkeys crowded forward. One seized a peanut and another, to get the rest of the nuts, caught hold of the hat and pulled it into the cage.
The circus was to wind up with the riding of a trick mule, the animal being brought out by the clown. As it happened the regular clown and the mule were friends, but the mule hated Frozzler, for the circus owner had on more than one occasion mistreated the animal. "Be careful of that mule," said one of the hostlers, as he turned the trick animal over to Giles Frozzler. "He's ugly this afternoon."
The clown got no further, for just then the mule turned around and gave him a kick which sent him sprawling. Then, like a flash Hanky-Panky turned around, caught Frozzler by the waist and began to run around the ring with him. "Hi! let go!" screamed the thoroughly frightened circus owner. "Let go, I say! Help! he will kill me! Help!" "Hurrah! the mule has got the best of it!" sang out Tom.
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