The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings

Or
Making the Start in the Sawdust Life

by Edgar B. P. Darlington


Contents

[I THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS]
[II PHIL HEARS HIS DISMISSAL]
[III MAKING HIS START IN THE WORLD]
[IV THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN]
[V WHEN THE BANDS PLAYED]
[VI PROVING HIS METTLE]
[VII MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE ELEPHANTS]
[VIII IN THE SAWDUST ARENA]
[IX GETTING HIS FIRST CALL]
[X PHIL GETS A SURPRISE]
[XI THE FIRST NIGHT WITH THE SHOW]
[XII A THRILLING RESCUE]
[XIII THE DAWNING OF A NEW DAY]
[XIV AN UNEXPECTED HIT]
[XV A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE]
[XVI HIS FIRST SETBACK]
[XVII LEFT BEHIND]
[XVIII A STARTLING DISCOVERY]
[XIX TEDDY DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF]
[XX THE RETURN TO THE SAWDUST LIFE]
[XXI AN ELEPHANT IN JAIL]
[XXII EMPEROR ANSWERS THE SIGNAL]
[XXIII THE MYSTERY SOLVED]
[XXIV CONCLUSION]

CHAPTER I.
THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS

“I say, Phil, I can do that.”

“Do what, Teddy?”

“A cartwheel in the air like that fellow is doing in the picture on the billboard there.”