She disappeared into the big tent.
“Miss Know-It-All,” muttered Veve. “That old Stuck-Up makes me sick!”
“Don’t you mind,” Connie comforted her friend. “I didn’t like her very well myself.”
By this time Miss Gordon had finished talking to the circus detective. She called to Veve and Connie, who quickly rejoined the group.
“Well, I see you met Eva Leitsall,” remarked Miss Gordon as she and the Brownies left the circus lot.
Connie and Veve repeated the conversation, adding that they had not liked the little circus girl because of her boastful manner. The leader of the Brownie Scout troop only laughed.
“You shouldn’t have taken her remarks so seriously,” she advised. “No doubt Eva only was trying to make you envious. I am sure circus life couldn’t be the fun she would have you believe.”
“All the same, I wish I might try it,” declared Veve. “I’d ride the big elephant all day long.”
“And I’d eat popcorn until I couldn’t hold any more,” laughed Sunny.
“I’d ask for a job selling balloons,” announced Jane, her gaze on a roadside stand where a circus man was vending all sorts of novelties.