st, fearing he would be ordered out if he made any
disturbance.

Too well trained to rebel again, Sancho lay meditating on his wrongs
till the dog act was over, carefully abstaining from any further sign
of interest in their tricks, and only giving a sidelong glance at the
two little poodles who came out of a basket to run up and down stairs
on their fore paws, dance jigs on their hind legs, and play various
pretty pranks to the great delight of all the children in the
audience. If ever a dog expressed by look and attitude, "Pooh! I could
do much better than that, and astonish you all, if I was only allowed
to," that dog was Sancho, as he curled himself up and affected to turn
his back on an unappreciative world.

"It's too bad, when he knows more than all those chaps put together.
I'd give anything if I could show him off as I used to. Folks always
liked it, and I was ever so proud of him. He's mad now because I had
to cuff him, and wont take any notice of me till I make up," said Ben,
regretfully eyeing his offended friend, but not daring to beg pardon
yet.

More riding followed, and Bab was kept in a breathless state by the
marvelous agility and skill of the gauzy lady who drove four horses at
once, leaped through hoops, over banners and bars, sprang off and on
at full speed, and seemed to enjoy it all so much it was impossible to
believe that there could be any danger or exertion in it.

Then two girls flew about on the trapeze, and walked on a tight rope,
causing Bab to feel that she had at last found her sphere, for, young
as she was, her mother often said:

"I really don't know what this child is fit for, except mischief, like
a monkey."

"I'll fix the clothes-line when I get home, and show Ma how nice it
is. Then, may be, she'll let me wear red and gold trousers, and climb
round like these girls," thought the busy little brain, much excited
by all it saw on that memorable day.

Nothing short of a pyramid of elephants with a glittering gentleman in
a turban and top boots on the summit would have made her forget this
new and charming plan. But that astonishing spectacle and the prospect
of a cage of Bengal tigers with a man among them, in imminent danger
of being eaten before her eyes, entirely absorbed her thoughts till,
just as the big animals went lumbering out, a peal of thunder caused
considerable commotion in the audience. Men on the highest seats
popped their heads through the openings in the tent-