JUST IN TIME
"This ought to do the business," said Sid.
"Yes," agreed Tonzo, "and not so quickly that it will be noticed, either. It will work slowly, but surely."
"That's what we want," commented the other. "We're in no hurry. Any time inside of a week will do. Now we'll put this away to ripen."
"That's queer," thought Helen, and she passed on, for by the movement in the canvas dressing room she thought the men were about to come out, and she did not want them to see her at what they might consider spying on them. "I never heard of ripening a rope before," the girl said. "But it may be they have to for a trapeze. I'll ask Joe about it. He might fix some of his ropes that way."
Helen went on, anxious to find the young performer, and show him her letter from the lawyer.
"I'll tell Bill Watson, too," Helen decided.
As she expected, both Joe and the old clown were much interested in her news.
"It does really begin to look as though you would come into some money, doesn't it?" Joe said.
"I'm beginning to believe it myself," Helen answered, "though I don't really count on it as yet."