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CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
	Missing Links and Dancing Turkeys	49
	The Salaries Paid to Freaks	50
	The Love-Making and Merrymaking of the Freaks	51
	The Exposure of the “Aztec Children”	54
	An Adventure with a Circus Shark	56
IV.	Moving the Big Show	59
	The First Attempt to Move a Circus by Rail	61
	The Spartan Habits of the Old Timers	63
	Seven Heartbreaking Days on the Long Road	64
	Performing by Day and Traveling by Night	67
	On a Runaway Circus Train	69
	Panic Among the Animals	71
	A Single Track and a Broken Rail	73
	The Bronchos’ Charmed Life	75
	Old Romeo to the Rescue	77
	An Unexpected Midnight Bath	79
V.	The Prairie Fire	86
	A Chance Meeting with a Great Man	96
VI.	Booming the Big Show	104
	Novel Advertising Features	105
	The “Devil’s Whistle”	106
	“Spotters”	108
	Rivalry in Exploiting Opposition Shows	112
	Costly Rivalry	113
	Idle Bill-Posters	116
	The Courtesy of Editors	118
	Jumbo’s Free Advertising	120
VII.	Parades and Band Wagons	124
	The Fifty Cent Rivals of the Ten Thousand Dollar Hippos	124
	A Skillful Appeal to Public Sympathy	126