CHAPTER XII
AN ARM OF THE LAW
The circus manager followed Andy, as the latter darted past the band stand and into the passageway leading to the performers' tent.
His face was a blank of wonderment. The ringmaster joined him, and so did one or two others as he hurried after Andy.
They found the latter holding to a guy rope, Andy's head was spinning. The reaction from intense excitement made him weak and breathless for some moments.
The audience was still in a pleasant flutter of commotion over the unique act that had caught their fancy.
The Benares Brothers went on with their performance, They cut out "the dive for life," but they made up for it by some dazzling aerial evolutions that thrilled the spectators, and everybody seemed satisfied.
Five minutes later they joined the group crowding around Andy. The manager had just finished questioning the lad as to details of the remarkable story he had told.
His face was stern and angry as he uttered some quick words to the ringmaster. Then the latter, taking a weighted coiled-up toe rope in his hand, went out into the ring.
From where he was Andy could see this flung aloft. It caught across the bar of the "doped" trapeze.