"
The audience interrupted him with a cheer.
"The act which you have just witnessed is as great a surprise
to me as it could possibly have been to you. It is the first
time these two performers ever attempted it in public. I might
say, also, that it is the first time to my own knowledge that
any performers in the world ever succeeded in getting away with
a feat of that sort. I thank you for your approval.
The performance will now proceed."
After the applause which this little speech elicited had died
away the band once more began to play.
Phil and Dimples commenced a series of acts, jumping from and to
the back of the horse whose speed was increased for the purpose.
In the next rest Dimples called the attention of her associate to
the clown Diaz, who was not far from them at the moment.
Dimples had been in the show business so long that her intuition
had become very keen. Nothing of consequence happened under the
big top, or beneath the low-roofed dressing tents, that she did
not know of, or at least surmise. Especially keen was she in all
matters relating to Phil Forrest and Teddy Tucker, and her
interest had in many instances served to save the lads from
unpleasant consequence.
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