“Hey, Brownies! Do you see what I see?” suddenly demanded Sunny Davidson. At the head of the troop, she abruptly paused to stare at a sign-board along the roadside.
The Brownies saw that a man in white overalls was pasting up a new advertising sign. Two of the long paper strips already were in place. His long-handled brush moved very fast, smoothing out the wrinkles.
“He’s putting up animals!” shouted Sunny in high excitement. “Tigers, lions and a giraffe!”
“A circus must be coming to town!” cried Veve, cheering up at once.
Deeply interested, the Brownie Scouts paused at the roadside to watch the sheets being slapped skillfully into place. One revealed a pretty girl in a spangled costume, riding a snow-white horse.
“Oh, it is a circus!” laughed Connie.
“And it’s coming here a week from Saturday,” added Eileen as another sheet spread out before their fascinated eyes. “Oh, I hope I get to go!”
“I wish we all might see it,” declared Miss Gordon gaily. “You know—seeing this billboard has given me an idea as to how the Brownies possibly might make their camp money.”
“How?” cried the Brownies.
But Miss Gordon only smiled in a most mysterious way.