Phil laughed at the owner's fears, but promised that he would try
nothing beyond a double after that. He remembered how quickly he
had lost himself when he attempted the feat before. Few men are
able to do it without their brains becoming so confused that they
lose all sense of direction and location.
The evening house was almost as large as that of the afternoon,
as usual the audience being made up principally of town people,
the country spectators having returned to their homes
before night. The night set in dark and oppressive.
Soon after the gasoline lights were lighted the animals began
growling, pacing their cages restlessly, while the lions roared
intermittently, and the hyenas laughed almost hysterically.
It sent a shiver down the backs of nearly everyone who heard it--
the shrill laugh of the hyenas reaching clear back to the
dressing tent.
Teddy Tucker's eyes always grew large when he heard the laugh
of the hyena.
"B-r-r-r!" exclaimed Teddy.
"You'll 'b-r-r-r' worse than that before you get through,"
growled a performer.
"Why?"
" 'Cause it means what somebody said the other night--trouble."
"What kind of trouble does it mean?" asked Phil.
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