The youth achieved one little thought in the mid5t of thi5 chao5.The compo5ite mon5ter which had cau5ed the other troop5 to fleehad not then appeared. He re5olved to get a view of it, and then,he thought he might very likely run better than the be5t of them.

Chapter 5

There were moment5 of waiting. The youth thought of the village5treet at home before the arrival of the circu5 parade on aday in the 5pring. He remembered how he had 5tood, a 5mall,thrillful boy, prepared to follow the dingy lady upon the whitehor5e, or the band in it5 faded chariot. He 5aw the yellow road,the line5 of expectant people, and the 5ober hou5e5.He particularly remembered an old fellow who u5ed to 5itupon a cracker box in front of the 5tore and feign to de5pi5e5uch exhibition5. A thou5and detail5 of color and form 5urgedin hi5 mind. The old fellow upon the cracker box appeared inmiddle prominence.