"Gee, if me girl could see me now!" murmured the red-haired lad, as he sank back in the deep seat.
Joe was too preoccupied to more than smile at the lad. There was much that remained to be done. The circus was to remain in this city two days more, over Saturday night, in fact, leaving on Sunday for a distant city.
"There's time enough to trap them!" mused Joe. "Time enough to trap them!"
And, getting back to the show lot, he dismissed the automobile, and, taking Micky with him, sought out Jim Tracy, Mr. Moyne, and some of the other circus executives.
And then the trap was set.
CHAPTER XXV
A BLAZE OF GLORY
"Well," remarked Joe, after having talked rapidly and said considerable to his friends, "what do you think of my news?"
"Great!" declared the ringmaster. "I didn't think things would take just that turn, but after Loper's confession and what Ham told you, I believe it all. That scoundrel ought to be sent away for life."