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1、TheCircusBoysOntheMississippiTheCircusBoysOntheMississippi(OrAfloatwiththeBigShowontheBigRiver)EDGARB.P.DARLINGTON1TheCircusBoysOntheMississippiCHAPTERIMAKINGALIVELYSTART"HaveyouhadanytroublewithDiaz,Teddy?""Who'she?""ThenewSpanishclown.""Oh!"TeddyTucker'sfacegrewserious."Whatabouthim,Phil?""Thatis
2、whatIamaskingyou.Haveyouhadanymisunderstanding--angrywordsoranythingofthesortwithhim?"persistedPhilForrest,withakeen,inquiringglanceintothefaceofhiscompanion."Well,maybe,"admittedtheCircusBoy,withevidentreluctance."WhatmadeyouthinkIhad?""Fromthewayhelookedatyouwhenyouwerestandinginthepaddockthisaft
3、ernoon,waitingforyourcuetogoon.""Huh!Howdidhelookatme?""Asifhehadagrudgeagainstyou.Therewasanexpressioninhiseyesthatsaidmoreplainlythanwords,'I'llgetevenwithyouyet,youngman,youseeifIdonot.'""Wonderful!"breathedTeddy."Whatdoyoumean?""Youmustbeamindreader,PhilForrest,"grumbledTeddy,digginghisheelinto
4、thesoftturfofthecircuslot."Canyoureadmymind?Ifyoucan,whatamIthinkingaboutnow?""Youarethinking,"answeredPhilslowly,"thatyouwillmakemeforgetthequestionIaskedyoujustnow.Youarethinkingyouwouldrathernotanswermyquestion."Teddyopenedhiseyesalittlewider."Yououghttogointothebusiness.""Whatbusiness?""Reading
5、people'sminds,atsomuchperread.""Thankyou."2TheCircusBoysOntheMississippi"Iwishyou'dreadthemindofthatdonkeyofmine,andfindoutwhathe'sgotuphissleeve,orratherhishoofs,formethisevening.""Doyouknowofwhatelseyouarethinking?""OfcourseIdo.ThinkIdon'tknowwhatIamthinkingabout?Well!WhatamIthinkingabout?""Atthe
6、presentmomentyouarethinkingthatyouwilldotoDiazwhathehopestodotoyousomeofthesedays--getevenwithhimforsomefanciedwrong.AmIright?""I'llhandhimagoodstiffpunch,oneofthesefinespringmornings,that'swhatI'lldo,"growledTucker,hisfaceflushingangrily."TeddyTucker,listentome!""I'mlistening.""Youwilldonothingoft
7、hesort.""Iwon't?""No.""Youjustwaitandsee.""SincewestartedoutonourfourthseasonwiththeSparlingCombinedShowsthisspring,youhavebehavedyourselfremarkablywell.Iknowitmusthavepainedyoutodoso.Igiveyoufullcredit,but
