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Phil was not sure, from the showman's expression, whether he had recognized them or not. Mr. Sparling answered this question almost at once. "How are you, Forrest? Well, Tucker, I suppose you've come back primed to put my whole show to the bad, eh?" "Maybe," answered Teddy carelessly. "Oh, maybe, eh? So that's the way the flag's blowing, is it?
Still the Church survives the losses of this important engine of piety, and continues unmodified by passing events. In the midst of revolutions it stands unchanged, a relic of the last century. It stands like a great showman's wagon from which the horses have been detached, and children, great and small, are collected around to look at its images.
Beads of perspiration stood out on the forehead of Hardman. "I didn't aim to hurt him any. I'll be right glad to explain to you " A bullet plowed a path through the long hair that fell to the showman's shoulders and snipped a lock from it. "You don't need to explain a thing to me, seh. I'm sure resting easy in my mind.
Perhaps I have sinned in this way myself; indeed, I am but too conscious of having considered the plot only as what Bayes calls the means of bringing in fine things; so that in respect to the descriptions, it resembled the string of the showman's box, which he pulls to show in succession Kings, Queens, the Battle of Waterloo, Bonaparte at Saint Helena, Newmarket Races, and White-headed Bob floored by Jemmy from town.
That last, indeed, is a thing which, with all deference to some great names in fiction, should in my judgment never be done. It is hard enough for him as it is to simulate real life, without the poor showman's reaching out from behind the curtain to shake hands with his audience.
The showman's eyes were upon it instantly. "What have you there?" he demanded. "Feather," answered Teddy thickly. "I see it. Where did you get it?" "Pulled it out of the pelican's tail. Going to make a pen of it to use when I write to the folks at Edmeston," answered the boy carelessly. "You young rascal!" thundered Mr. Sparling. "What do you mean by destroying my property like that?
I can only tell you that the moon did not look nearly so beautiful to me through the showman's little telescope as she did when my peep was over, and I saw her once more sailing through the deep blue of the sky, the queen of night indeed.
He seemed pretty nearly of the old showman's age, but much smaller, leaner and more withered than he, and less respectably clad in a patched suit of gray; withal, he had a thin, shrewd countenance and a pair of diminutive gray eyes, which peeped rather too keenly out of their puckered sockets.
They made a detour through the Sproul orchard to avoid possible observation by Louada Murilla, the Cap'n's wife, and by so doing showed themselves plainly to any one who might be looking that way from the widow's premises. This was a part of the showman's plan. He hoped to attract Reeves's attention. He did.
"However, wait till we get to his cabin." Phil led Teddy to the door, thrust him in, then followed, closing and locking the door. "Perhaps we had better close that window this time, sir." "Yes." Mr. Sparling drew up and locked the window. "Sit down!" he commanded, eyeing Teddy keenly. Teddy sat down dutifully and was about to place his feet on the showman's desk when Phil nudged him.
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