Aberdeen, South Dakota, and as it came to a stop a messenger boy
boarded it with a message for Billy Conley.

Billy looked surprised, and even more so after he had perused the
message itself. He quickly left the car, saying he would return
after breakfast, but instead of going directly to breakfast, he
proceeded to the best hotel in the place, where he called for a
certain man, at the desk.

Billy spent some two hours with the man whom he had gone to see,
after which he returned to the car. There was a twinkle in his
eyes, as he looked at the Circus Boys, who were at that moment
getting ready to go to church, a duty that Phil never neglected.
He still remembered the time when he used to go to church on
Sunday mornings, holding to his mother's hand. Never a Sunday
passed that he did not think of it.

"Will you go with us, Billy?" he asked, noting the gaze of the
assistant manager fixed upon him.

"Not this morning. I expect company," answered Billy with
a grin.

Teddy eyed him suspiciously.

"Billy is up to some tricks this morning. I can see it in his
eyes," announced Tucker shrewdly. "I guess I will stay and see
what's going on."

"No; you will come with me," replied Phil decisively.