“Are you sorry not to be traveling on with the show, Connie?” asked her mother.
“Oh, no,” Connie answered honestly. “I would much rather return to Shady Hollow Camp. Besides, don’t you need me?”
“Indeed I do,” declared her mother, giving her a squeeze. “Neither your father nor I could manage to get along without you.”
“A circus is interesting to watch,” added Veve thoughtfully, “but for every day I think it would become rather tiresome.”
“Just the same, it was fun to capture Pickpocket Joe and earn the reward,” sighed Connie, watching soberly as the circus train pulled from the siding onto the main track. “I hope we have another adventure sometime.”
Now you may be sure that many surprises awaited the Brownie Scouts at Shady Hollow Camp, but of course they could only guess at the good times in store for them.
The circus train slowly began to pull from the siding. Windows of the long line of sleepers were dark.
Although the Brownies knew Eva was somewhere aboard, they had no idea where her berth was located. It made them feel a trifle sad to think that they wouldn’t be able to wave a last farewell.
“We may as well go now,” suggested Miss Gordon.