The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South by Edgar B. P. Darlington
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procession, bowing and smiling.
"That's what I call right fine," glowed Mrs. Cahill. "Did you say that little thing was Mrs. Robinson?" "Yes." "Why, she looks like a young girl." "That's what I thought when I first saw her. But she has a son as old as I am." "Land sakes!" wondered Mrs. Cahill. "You never can tell about these circus folks, anyhow." Phil laughed heartily, but Teddy was too much interested in what was going on outside the fence to indulge in laughter. The band was still playing as if its very existence depended upon keeping up the noise, while the white horses attached to the band wagon were frantically seeking to get their heads down for a nibble of the fresh green grass at the side of the road. "There come the bulls," called Teddy. "Yes, I see them." "The bulls?" wondered Mrs. Cahill. "I didn't know they had bulls in the circus." "That's what the show people call the elephants," laughed Phil. |
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