"
"I'll tell you what I will do," said the Circus Boy, an idea
suddenly occurring to him.
"I am listening."
"You have the carpenter make an egg and I will circulate the news
that I have another egg. I will leave it in my cabin and keep
watch on the thing. In that way I shall catch the fellow, if he
tries to steal it again. I shan't put it in the trunk. Oh, I'll
talk a lot about that wooden egg."
"I am in hopes we shall hear no more about eggs all the rest
of the trip, after I give you another," said the showman.
"Your idea is not a half-bad one at that. If you catch the
man we are looking for I will make you a nice present."
"What kind of a present?" asked Teddy with an eye to business.
"What would you like?"
"I'll have to think it over. There are so many things I want,
that I do not know which I want most."
"I thought you had money enough to buy whatever you needed.
By the way, how much money have you saved, Teddy?"
"Let me see," reflected the lad, counting up on his fingers.
"Why, I must have a little more than three thousand dollars in
the bank.
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