"Then Jerry won't hafta go?" Celia Jane questioned.
"I hope not," he replied. "Keep a stiff upper lip, Jerry!"
"I--I'll try," Jerry promised, already feeling certain that the danger
which threatened him had passed.
"I'll come back in a day or two," said Mr. Phillips, "and let you know
what I have been able to do."
Jerry watched him from over Mother 'Larkey's shoulder as he drove off.
He thought he had never seen a man who looked so big and strong and as
though he could make people do just as he wanted them to.
CHAPTER VII
TICKETS TO PARADISE
On Wednesday Mr. Phillips reported that while the matter of allowing
Mrs. Mullarkey to keep Jerry had not been decided, he would not be taken
to the poor farm on that day at least and he thought it could be
arranged that he shouldn't go there at all. Consequently it was with a
joyous heart that Jerry awoke early on the morning of the great day that
the circus was to reach town. He had slept fitfully all night, thinking
of the circus and fearing that he might not wake up in time.
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