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Andy the Acrobat
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Title: Andy the Acrobat
Author: Peter T. Harkness
Release Date: December 7, 2003 [EBook #10396]
Language: English
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ANDY THE ACROBAT
Or
Out With the Greatest Show on Earth
BY
PETER T. HARKNESS
Author of
CHIMPANZEE HUNTERS, CIRCUSES--OLD AND NEW, HOW A GREAT SHOW TRAVELS, ETC.
1907
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. EXPELLED
II. HOOP-LA!
III. DISASTER
IV. A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
V. THE CIRCUS
VI. CIRCUS TALK
VII. A WARM RECEPTION
VIII. "COASTING"
IX. GOOD-BYE TO FAIRVIEW
X. A FIRST APPEARANCE
XI. SAWDUST AND SPANGLES
XII. AN ARM OF THE LAW
XIII. ON THE ROAD
XIV. BILLY BLOW, CLOWN
XV. ANDY JOINS THE SHOW
XVI. THE REGISTERED MAIL
XVII. A WILD JOURNEY
XVIII. A FREAK OF NATURE
XIX. CALLED TO ACCOUNT
XX. ANDY'S ESCAPE
XXI. A FULL FLEDGED ACROBAT
XXII. AMONG THE CAGES
XXIII. FACING THE ENEMY
XXIV. ANDY'S AUNT
XXV. A BEAR ON THE RAMPAGE
XXVI. A CLEVER RUSE
XXVII. A ROYAL REWARD
XXVIII. "HEY, RUBE!"
XXIX. A FREE TROLLEY RID