The Circus Boys on the Plains; Or, The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show

This Etext was prepared for Project Gutenberg by Greg Berckes
The Circus Boys on the Plains Or The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show
By EDGAR B. P. DARLINGTON
The English Fat Girl gets mired on the lot. Teddy Tucker threatens to thrash the Strongest Man on Earth. The hazards of a circus life. Teddy would put the whole show out of business. Phil and his chum assigned to Advance Car Number Three.
Boss Sparling seems in an awful hurry to get rid of us. Circus Boys meet a cold reception. Phil is made a barn climber. Teddy threatens to wring the car manager's neck. Soak him, Phil! yells the boy on the pile of railroad ties.
Phil gets into action. I've had enough! groans the car manager. A telegram to the owner complains of the Circus Boys. Either you get off this car or I do. The advance car is a bedlam. More trouble for the Circus Boys is in sight.
Circus Boys meet Rosie the Pig and other notables. The porter tells how Phil worsted Mr. Snowden. What a contract hotel is. Teddy decides to take bean soup. Why didn't the contracting agent sign us up with a livery stable?
How an advance car is operated. The banner man and his little magnetic hammer. You're a bird on the trapeze. The boys exchange confidences on snoring. Circus Boys go to sleep on beds of paper. Aroused by a great uproar.
He's fallen into the paste can headfirst! Teddy Tucker has a narrow escape from death. The manager gives Phil a ducking. Rain-in-the-Face sees a great light. An irate car manager. How Teddy took his revenge on Mr. Snowden.
He pulled me out of bed! Great excitement on Car Three. Snowden hopes Phil will fall off and break his neck. Young Forrest pastes a poster on himself. Young man, you have a cast-iron nerve! The Circus Boy squares a hard-shell farmer.
Phil gets a silo, and a hog pen for good measure. Farmers witness a circus stunt not down on the bills. A narrow escape. Taking a desperate chance. Phil the champeen of them all. Circus sheets that stood out like a fire on the landscape.