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After a while Tody turned a somersault, a cartwheel, and a flipflop, and landed right near their seat. "How would you like to ride on an elephant?" he whispered in Marmaduke's ear. Of course Marmaduke answered: "Better 'n anything I ever did." So Tody took him by the hand and led him into the little tent and put a little pointed cap on his head, just like Tody's own.
Then I try hard to make 'em laugh and " "An' what?" "Why all my troubles fly away, quick as a wink," laughed Tody. "Yes, just as quick as I do this." And quicker than a wink he turned a somersault. He turned a whole lot of somersaults and then he took Marmaduke on his shoulder and galloped around the tent and they had a glorious time.
Tody was the funniest and happiest of all, and he made all the children laugh and shout and clap their hands. Even Johnny Cricket, the lame boy, who had come a long way to see the circus, smiled. Marmaduke and Wienerwurst were so excited that they forgot all about Jehosophat and Hepzebiah and the Toyman.
Thus with light hearts we reached the Reuss valley near Attinghausen, and in the evening wandered on as far as Amsteg, and the next morning, in spite of our great fatigue, at once visited the Madran valley. There we climbed the Hufi glacier, whence we enjoyed a splendid view over an impressive panorama of mountains, bounded at this point by the Tody range.
"Well, a couple of hours later I had to go into the city to order some new togs for the Signor, who looked as if he were dressed in a particularly baggy bathing suit since he had been stretched out, and the first thing I saw was a procession of sandwich men marching down the street. The ink wasn't dry on the posters, but Tody had been busy, and there in flaming red letters was the announcement
But the time came to say "Good-bye," which they did, to one and all of the kind circus people. Tody the Clown didn't kiss Marmaduke. He just shook hands. Marmaduke was glad of that. He felt like a real man now. For hadn't he been part of a circus and ridden on an elephant! I guess so!
Maybe Tody saw it anyway, for when Marmaduke said to him, "Then I can't go in either, my little pet doggie would feel so badly," the jolly Clown answered: "Well, we'll just have to fix it up some way. Can y' keep him quiet?" "Quiet as a mouse," answered Marmaduke, "quiet as Mother Robin when she sits on her nest." And Wienerwurst barked out loud just to show how quiet he could be.
All Tody said to him was: "Good-bye, pardner, you just keep smiling and make people happy, and you'll be a circus man too, one of these days." So the Toyman hitched up "old Methuselah," and the three happy children rode home together, falling asleep in the buggy before ever they reached the White-House-with-the-Green-Blinds by the side of the road.
And his face was all painted white, with long black eyebrows and a wide, wide, red mouth. This was the way Marmaduke met Tody the Clown. They had a long talk together and he seemed to understand little boys, just like the Toyman. "It must be fine to always live in a circus," said Marmaduke. "Wish I did." "Well, Sonny, when you grow up, maybe you can," replied Tody the Clown.
Merritt and I were feeling pretty blue when along comes Tody Hamilton, the circus press agent, and as soon as he saw what had happened he made a run for a trolley car. "'Don't let 'em get away! he yelled back over his shoulder. 'This is the biggest scoop on record and I'm off for the printing-office.
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