. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the plaudits of the sunny South . o without danger ofgoing right on into the creek below. But the return journey was a different mat-ter. She had succeeded in making her wayhalfway up the bank when, finding herself slip-ping backward she uttered her appeal for help. ^^Stick your heels in and hold to it. Ill bethere in a minute/ shouted Teddy, doing animitation of shooting the chutes down the em-bankment, digging in his own heels just in timeto save himself from a ducking in the stream. ^ ^ There goes that Tucker boy, headed for moretrouble, nodded
. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the plaudits of the sunny South . o without danger ofgoing right on into the creek below. But the return journey was a different mat-ter. She had succeeded in making her wayhalfway up the bank when, finding herself slip-ping backward she uttered her appeal for help. ^^Stick your heels in and hold to it. Ill bethere in a minute/ shouted Teddy, doing animitation of shooting the chutes down the em-bankment, digging in his own heels just in timeto save himself from a ducking in the stream. ^ ^ There goes that Tucker boy, headed for moretrouble, nodded a clown. *^Watch him if youwant to see some fun. Fat Marie is in troublealready, and shes going to get into more inabout a minute. Teddy picked himself up, and, running up be-hind the Fat Woman, braced his hands againsther ample waist and began to push. ^^Start your feet! Start your feet! Makemotions as if you were walking! shoutedTeddy. Marie did not move. Oh, help! she murmured. Help, help! Go on. Go on! Do you think I can stayin this position all day, holding up your five. Start Your Feet! Shouted Teddy,199 IN DIXIE LAND 201 hundred pounds 1 My feet are slipping back al-ready. Im treading water fastern a racehorse can run right this minute. ^I guess hes started something for himselfall right, jeered the clown. ^Told you , there goes the whistle! The train will bestarting. Wed better be making for thesleeper. All hands sought a more suitable climbingplace, hurried up the railroad embankment andran for the train. A crowd gathered on the rearplatform, where they jeered at Tucker and hisburden. ^Come—come down here and help us out,howled Teddy. ^^You—youre a nice bunch, torun away when a lady is in trouble! Comedown here, I say. Just then the train started. Phil, at that moment, was up forward in car, else he would have tried to stopthe train; or, failing to do that, he would havegone to his companions assistance. By this time Teddy had turned and was brac
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