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er gives Phil a ducking. "Rain-in-the-Face" sees a great light. An irate car manager. How Teddy took his revenge on Mr. Snowden.

* CHAPTER VII--THE FIRST DAY'S EXPERIENCE

"He pulled me out of bed!" Great excitement on Car Three. Snowden hopes Phil will fall off and break his neck. Young Forrest pastes a poster on himself. "Young man, you have a cast-iron nerve!" The Circus Boy "squares" a hard-shell farmer.

* CHAPTER VIII--THE CIRCUS BOY WINS

Phil gets a silo, and a hog pen for good measure. Farmers witness a circus stunt not down on the bills. A narrow escape. Taking a desperate chance. Phil "the champeen of them all." Circus sheets that stood out like a fire on the landscape.

* CHAPTER IX--TEDDY GETS INTO TROUBLE

Blue jeans replace pink tights. When it rained paste. "I didn't know you had your nose stuck in the paste pot when I turned on the steam." Teddy sets himself the task of reforming a "crazy man." The trouble maker is named "Spotted Horse." "You're discharged!"

* CHAPTER X--A SURPRISE, INDEED!

Billy Conley is up to tricks. Mr. Sparling takes a hand. The car manager gets his deserts. "You will hear great things of Phil Forrest one of these days." "I'm going to thrash a man within an inch of his life!" Phil hears an amazing thing.

* CHAPTER XI--THREE CHEERS AND A TIGER

Phil Forrest, Car Manager. Dazed by an unexpected promotion. Teddy graduates from the paste pot. How circus money is spent. The Circus Boys win new laurels. Teddy becomes a press agent. Phil makes a speech and is welcomed as "The Boss."

* CHAPTER XII--FACING AN EMERGENCY

"Bad habit to go to bed on an empty stomach." Teddy Tucker discovers a rival on a side track. "Here's trouble right from the start!" The new car manager gets into rapid-fire action. "We must beat the 'opposition.' Now, boys, it's up to you!" The mine is laid.

* CHAPTER XIII--A BAFFLED CAR MANAGER

"That fellow is playing a sharp trick." Phil breakfasts with his rival and extracts

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The Circus Boys On The Plains, page 1
by Edgar B.P. Darlington

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