IX. CLOWN OF CLOWNS 127

X. "GREAT SULT ANNA O'QUEEN" 142

XI. A BOY NAMED GARY 157

XII. THE DIZZY SEAT OF GLORY 171

XIII. "--AND ELEPHANTS TO RIDE UPON" 188




THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN




CHAPTER I

"ASK YOUR MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS"


The apple seemed to Jerry Elbow too big to be true.

He held it out at arm's length to get a good squint at its bigness and
its redness. Then he turned to look wonderingly after the disappearing
automobile with the lady who had tossed him the apple for directing her
to the post office. A long trail of dust rose from the unpaved street
behind the motor car.