Purchase one of 1st World Library"s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "You never can guess it - you never can guess the news, Teddy," cried Phil Forrest, rushing into the gymnasium, his face flushed with excitement. Teddy Tucker, clad in a pair of linen working trunks and a ragged, sleeveless shirt, both garments much the worse for their winter"s wear, was lazily swinging a pair of Indian clubs. "What is it, some kind of riddle, Phil?" he questioned, bringing the clubs down to his sides. "Do be serious for a minute, won"t you?" "Me, serious? Why, I never cracked a smile. Isn"t anything to smile at. Besides, do you know, since I"ve been in the circus business, every time I want to laugh I check myself so suddenly that it hurts?" Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Circus Boys Across the Continent (Edgar B. P. Darlington)