“You are to keep very quiet. You had a tumble that shook you up considerably.”
“What time is it?” demanded Phil sharply.
“About five o’clock in the morning.”
“I must get up; I must get up.”
“You will lie perfectly still. The show will get along without you today, I guess.”
“You don’t mean they have gone on and left me?”
“Of course; they couldn’t wait for you.”
The boys eyes filled with tears.
“I knew it couldn’t last. I knew it.”
“See here, do you want to join the show again?”