With considerable caution the fugitive had been smuggled into the van,
under the very noses of his pursuers, so to speak. Somewhat dazed and
half sick with anxiety, he obeyed every instruction of his friend the
clown.
Blake and his men had watched the tearing down of the tent, the
loading of the entire concern and its subsequent departure down the
night-shrouded country pike. That Blake was not fully satisfied with
the story told to him by Thomas Braddock, and somewhat doubtfully
supported by his own investigations, is proved by the fact that he
decided to follow the show until he was positively assured that his
quarry was not being shielded by the circus people. With no little
astuteness he and his companion resolved that they could accomplish
nothing by working openly: their only chance lay in the ability to
keep the circus people from knowing that they were following them. In
this they counted without their hosts. At no time during the next
three days were their movements unknown to the clever band of rascals
who followed the show for evil purposes, and who, with perfect
integrity, kept the proprietor advised of every step taken and of
every disguise affected.
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