"Take some of the fellers from your own village; but be sure they're honest, for after business begins there won't be any chance to watch 'em."
Teddy thought he could find the proper party before the following day, and then came the question of where they were to sleep.
"I've got that all fixed," Sam said, confidently.
"The man what runs the museum in that big tent is a friend of mine, an' he won't say a word if we stay under the canvas to-night."
"How long have you known him?" Teddy asked, warned by previous experience that Sam's statements were not always to be depended upon.
"I never saw him till this morning; but that don't make no difference so long as he's willin' for us to stay there."
"We'll go over an' look around," Dan said, leading the way, and to the surprise of at least one of the party it was found that Master Sam's statement was absolutely correct.
The proprietor of the museum was more than willing to allow the boys to sleep under his canvas, for the very good reason that they would act as sentinels in lieu of those he had neglected to hire, and all three went away in search of a place where they could obtain meals during the expected five days of excitement and money-making.
This was even a more simple matter than the first. At a boarding-house nearly opposite the main entrance to the grounds they could be accommodated at a reasonable rate, and the preliminaries had been settled. It only remained now to welcome the visitors, and get from them as much money as possible.
Teddy almost forgot the terrible fact that his Uncle Nathan might yet have him arrested, and Sam acted as if such a thing had never been possible.