"Why, mother!" exclaimed Danny. "I didn't steal it! He gave it to Celia Jane of his own free will and she gave it to me, didn't you, Celia Jane?"
"Yet it was stealing," replied his mother, "for you put Celia Jane up to it. Nora told me all about it and Nora never tells what is not true."
"You gave your ticket to Celia Jane, didn't you, Jerry—I mean, Gary?" appealed Danny.
"Yes," Jerry replied hesitantly.
"There, you see, Mother, I didn't steal it," Danny defended himself.
"Because you put Celia Jane up to getting Jerry's ticket for you," continued his mother, "you must stay home to-night and—"
"Not go to the circus!" exclaimed Danny. "When it don't cost nothin'!"
"And Celia Jane can keep you company. I've told you again and again that you couldn't impose upon Jerry just because he's not a Mullarkey."
"Stay home from the circus!" wailed Celia Jane, appalled, and then she burst into a flood of tears. Jerry was sure they were not crocodile ones this time, for her body shook with the sobs of anguished disappointment. He wanted Celia Jane to see the circus and Danny, too, and he knew Danny was sorry.
"Mebbe I wouldn't never have seen Whiteface—Father," he said to Mother 'Larkey, "if Danny hadn't gone into the circus."