Nora told me all about it and Nora never tells what is not true."
"You gave your ticket to Celia Jane, didn't you, Jerry--I mean, Gary?"
appealed Danny.
"Yes," Jerry replied hesitantly.
"There, you see, Mother, I didn't steal it," Danny defended himself.
"Because you put Celia Jane up to getting Jerry's ticket for you,"
continued his mother, "you must stay home to-night and--"
"Not go to the circus!" exclaimed Danny. "When it don't cost nothin'!"
"And Celia Jane can keep you company. I've told you again and again
that you couldn't impose upon Jerry just because he's not a Mullarkey."
"Stay home from the circus!" wailed Celia Jane, appalled, and then she
burst into a flood of tears. Jerry was sure they were not crocodile ones
this time, for her body shook with the sobs of anguished disappointment.
He wanted Celia Jane to see the circus and Danny, too, and he knew Danny
was sorry.
"Mebbe I wouldn't never have seen Whiteface--Father," he said to Mother
'Larkey, "if Danny hadn't gone into the circus.
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