Mr. Sparling nodded reflectively.
“There can be no doubt of it. You think it was done between the two performances yesterday?”
“Oh, yes. That cut wouldn’t have held through one performance. It was cut during the afternoon.”
“Who was in the tent between the shows?”
“Pretty much the whole crowd. But, if you will remember, the day was dark and stormy. There was a time late in the afternoon, before the torches were lighted, when the big top was almost in darkness. It’s my idea that the job was done then. Anybody could have done it without being discovered. It’s likely there wasn’t anybody in the tent except himself at the time.”
“Kennedy, I want you to find out who did that. Understand?”
CHAPTER XIX.
TEDDY DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF
“The boss has an awful grouch on.”
“Yes; I wonder what’s the matter with him,” pondered the clown.
His brother fun-maker shrugged his shoulders.