"
"The people thought the elephant was mad at first," said Darn Darner,
who had approached as close as he could get to the clown.
"The el'funt picked him up in its trunk?" gasped Celia Jane, her eyes
growing bigger and bigger.
"An' we're all goin' to the circus to-night!" Danny informed them.
"All of us!" Celia Jane got breath enough to utter.
"Me, too?" Nora asked.
"Yes, all of you!" laughed Jerry. "And Kathleen, too."
"I wanta see serka," cried the baby.
"And so you shall," said Whiteface, so close that Kathleen drew
whimpering away from his white, chalky features. "It's all true, Mrs.
Mullarkey."
"Don't be afraid of Whiteface, Kathleen," called Jerry. "He's father."
At last Mrs. Mullarkey found her voice, but at the queer, choking sound
she made, Jerry looked up and saw tears running down her face.
"I can't tell you how _glad_ I am that you have found your father and
mother, Jerry," she said. "Mr. Darner is here now and, after all, he was
going to take you away--this very day. And Celia Jane--" She couldn't
finish, but put Kathleen down and covered her face with her apron,
rocking her body back and forth.
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