Arriving there he cautiously peered out over the top of the
side wall. What he saw evidently was not to his liking, for once
more he picked up the pail of water and ran lightly along the top
seat toward the menagerie tent.

All at once he paused, put down his pail and peered out over the
side wall again. Nodding with satisfaction he picked up the
pail, lifted it to the top of the side wall, once more looked out
measuring the distance well, then suddenly turned the pail bottom
side up.

In his course through the big top Teddy had gathered up several
handfuls of sawdust and dirt which he had stirred well into the
water as he ran, making a pasty mess of it.

It was this mixture that he had now poured out over the
side wall. Teddy waited only an instant to observe the effect
of the deluge that he had turned on. Then he fled down the
rattling board seats.

Outside a sudden roar broke the stillness. No sooner had he
reached the bottom of the seats than several men raised up the
side wall and came tumbling in, yelling like Comanche Indians.
Teddy cast one frightened look at them, then ran like
all possessed. What he had seen was a red-haired man in the
lead, dripping wet with hair and clothes plastered with mud
and sawdust. Larry was after the lad in full cry.