Joe shook his head.
"I guess there isn't any estate," he said. "I've given up hope of that. No, this is something else."
But he offered no explanation, and though Helen felt, in view of their friendship, that he might tell her, still she did not ask.
As they reached the circus grounds and Joe was putting away his motor-cycle, he saw Tonzo Lascalla coming toward him.
"Well, and how is the millionaire to-day?" asked the trapeze performer.
"Millionaire?" asked Joe, in some surprise.
"Why, yes, you must be that since you get so much money and are never known to spend any," returned the Spaniard.
There was a sneer on his face, and his words showed how much contempt he thought he felt for Joe.
"You must have money in the bank," put in Sid, coming up just then.
"Well, suppose I have?" asked Joe, with a tinge of anger in the words, "I earn what I get, don't I?"