“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?”