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The Circus Boys In Dixie Land Or Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny
South
by Edgar B. P. Darlington

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I
UNDER CANVAS AGAIN II IN THEIR HOME TOWN III THE
CIRCUS MAKES A CALL IV A FRIENDLY AUDIENCE V TAKEN
BY SURPRISE VI IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY VII SHIVERS
AND HIS SHADOW VIII A RIVAL IN THE FIELD IX PHIL
MAKES A DISCOVERY X THE CIRCUS BOY IS RECOGNIZED
XI ON SULLY'S PRIVATE CAR XII LOCKED IN THE LINEN
CLOSET XIII THROUGH RINGS OF FIRE XIV A DASH FOR

FREEDOM XV OUTWITTING THE PURSUERS XVI THE
BATTLE OF THE ELEPHANTS XVII MONKEYS IN THE AIR
XVIII TEDDY TAKES A DROP XIX THE CIRCUS ON AN
ISLAND XX DISASTER BEFALLS THE FAT LADY XXI ON A
FLYING TRAPEZE XXII IN A LIVELY BLOW-DOWN XXIII THE
LION HUNT XXIV CONCLUSION

The Circus Boys in Dixie Land
CHAPTER I
UNDER CANVAS AGAIN
"I reckon the fellows will turn out to see us tomorrow night, Teddy."
"I hope so, Phil. We'll show them that we are real circus performers,
won't we?"
Phil Forrest nodded happily.
"They know that already, I think. But we shall both feel proud to
perform in our home town again. They haven't seen us in the ring since
the day we first joined the show two years ago, and then it was only a
little performance."
"Remember the day I did a stunt in front of the circus billboard back
home?"
"And fell in the ditch, head first? I remember it," and Phil Forrest
laughed heartily.
"You and I weren't circus men then, were we?"
"No."
"But we are now."

"I guess we are," nodded Phil with emphasis. "Still, we have something
to learn yet. We are a couple of lucky boys, you and I, Teddy Tucker.
Had it not been for Mr. Sparling we might still have been doing chores
for our board in Edmeston."
"Instead, we are getting our envelopes with sixty dollars apiece in them
from the little red ticket wagon every Tuesday morning, eh?"
"Just so."
"I never thought I'd be able to