"You see what your moment
of thoughtlessness has brought upon us, don't you?"
"You didn't have to mix in the row. I could have handled him."
"I am forced to admit that you are right. I sought to avoid
trouble and I was the direct cause of a lot of it. There goes
the first call. Hurry up!"
The Circus Boys had, indeed, made an enemy. It was noticed,
however, that Manuel, the assistant of Diaz, had taken no part in
the row. The young man had calmly proceeded with his making up
without appearing to take the slightest interest in the affair.
Whether or not his apparent indifference was merely assumed was
not known.
The two boys were not performing on the flying rings this season.
They had retained all their other acts, however, though the star
act was the flying trapeze, in which Phil Forrest was now one of
the leading performers.
Teddy rode his donkey, January, took part in the ground tumbling,
acted as shadow again for the clown Shivers, besides making
himself generally useful in some of the other acts.
As for Phil's bareback riding, he occupied the center ring in
this act, as he had done the season before.
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