Red was carried to the next stop on the circus train. He was
not much hurt and had fully recovered before noon of that day,
much to Phil's relief, for he felt very badly that he had been
obliged to resort to stone throwing. The lad would have
preferred to use his fists. But, as the result of the capture,
Red Larry was put where he would bother circus trains no more for
some years. He was sentenced to a long term in prison.
The Great Sparling Shows moved on, playing in a few more
towns, and, one beautiful morning drew up at the city by the
Golden Gate. There the circus remained for a week, when the show
closed for the season. But the lads were a long way from home,
toward which they now looked longingly.
Mr. Sparling invited them to return with him in his private car
which was to cross the continent attached to regular passenger
trains, the show proper following at its leisure.
This invitation both boys accepted gladly, and during the trip
there were many long discussions between the three as to the
future of the Circus Boys. They had worked hard during the
season and had won new laurels on the tanbark. But they had not
yet reached the pinnacle of their success in the canvas-covered
arena, though each had saved, as the result of his season's work,
nearly twelve hundred dollars.
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