"I think somebody may see us do it."
"No danger. Keep cool; that's all. We'll get even with those fellows. We have got to before we can carry out the other plans we have talked over. They are too sharp. Sooner or later they will get wise to us, and we've got to get them out of the way before we go any further. The work must be done in a natural sort of way, so that no suspicion is aroused."
"Yes, that's so. But what about the others? You want to hurt them, too?"
"I don't care, so long as we get the right one, how many get their bumps."
"That's right. But only one of them is on trapeze. What you do about other?"
"It is the tall one that I want most. He's got to be put out of the running. It won't kill him, but it will lay him up in a hospital for the rest of the season, and that's enough for us."
"Yes."
"The other one will be taken care of after we get through with the first. The small fellow is sharp, but he can't see beyond his nose. It's easy to fool him."
"The fiends!" muttered Phil. "I believe they are plotting against Teddy and me. I have a good notion to sail into them right here and settle it. I believe I could whip the two of them. I—"
At that instant a blade of grass tickled Phil's nose. He raised his head quickly.