THE COLLEGE AND THE CIRCUS
would not have been a fizzle last year and the show would not have come to town this year.
"All right, Holly," said one of his lieutenants. The calliope had stopped.
"Now, then, all together!" shouted Holland. Out of several hundred coat pockets came an assortment of the products of market gardening and the poultry business. The next instant they began whizzing through the air at Cherokee Charlie's Grand Combination. An overripe tomato made Cherokee's flowing moustache flow. An egg left its mark upon One-Barrel Bill's flannel shirt.
The students were carefully strung out along the whole line, so that, except for the four-in-hand in the lead, on which sat the "Coterie of Western Beauties," the whole cast of performers was receiving attention at once. The hail of vegetables and eggs lasted for about half a minute, and the procession did nothing but duck and swear and hold in the horses. They were following their instructions.
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