"Help! Help! I'm on fire!" she shrieked.
Teddy, now that he had become a hero, felt called upon to hurry
to the rescue. Seizing a pitcher of ice water, he leaped over a
bench and dumped the contents of the pitcher over the head of the
Fattest Woman on Earth. Several chunks of ice, along with a
liberal quantity of the water, slid down her neck.
This was more than human flesh could stand. The Fat Woman
staggered to her feet uttering a series of screams that might
have been heard all over the lot, while those on the outside
came rushing in to assist in what they believed to be a
serious disturbance.
Mr. Sparling pushed his way through the crowd, roaring out
command after command, but somehow, the ring about the Fat Woman
and the fighting midgets did not give way readily. The show
people were too much engrossed in the funny spectacle of the
midgets to wish to be disturbed.
Not so Teddy Tucker.
Having quenched the fire that was consuming the Fat Woman,
he pushed his way through the crowd, with the stern command,
"Stand aside here!" and fell upon the Lilliputian gladiators.
"Break away!" roared Teddy, grasping each by the collar and
giving him a violent tug.
What was his surprise when both the little men suddenly turned
upon him and started pushing and beating him.
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