"I know I shall. I shall miss the life, the color, and I shall miss my boys and my girls. I love them all very much."
One after another, the women of the circus had come in to the dressing tent, depositing their little floral remembrances on the property grave while Mrs. Waite was talking.
Teddy, as soon as he fully comprehended the meaning of the scene, had slipped out. In a little while he returned. He brought with him a bunch of daisies that he had gathered on the circus lot. These he had tied with a soiled pink ribbon that he had ripped from one of his ring costumes.
Phil saw the daisies, and, noting their significance, smiled approvingly.
"Teddy has a heart, after all," was his mental comment.
Teddy Tucker proceeded to the flag-draped grave, gently placed his offering upon it, then turned away.
As he did so, he was observed to brush a hand across his eyes as if something there were blurring his sight.
CHAPTER IV
THEIR CURIOSITY AROUSED
"Phil, I have an idea that you are wondering where we are bound for?" said Mr. Sparling, with a merry twinkle in his eyes.