"
Harry said, "Get me a pair of smoked glasses, will you?"
As soon as the big man got down he took off his high hat and waved it and
said, "How do you do, sir." He said it in a big round voice, kind of.
Then he said, "I am Mr. Rinaldo Costello, proprietor of Costello's Mammoth
Show." He talked so loud that he almost scared us.
Harry just said, "When I saw you coming I thought it was the village
undertaker. We're glad to welcome you to our temporary camp. We are also
touring the country; this is my mammoth show." Then he pointed to all of
us fellows who were standing around, and Mr. Costello took off his hat
again and waved it and bowed very low and held his whip so that I thought
he was going to give us a crack with it, only he didn't. I guess he was
used to cracking that whip. It was awful funny the way Harry sat on the
fence talking to him. I don't know how it was, but that fellow could be
awful funny.
Mr. Costello said, "This young gentleman who you were kind enough to send,
has told me a very; _thrilling_ story. If it is all true I must pay my
tribute to the dauntless young scout whose valor in combat is truly
matchless.
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