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 "Queer what a little fun will do in a tight pinch."

"Fun," said Freckles; "I guess that didn't have much to do with it. I guess it was all you. You are the brain of the circus when trouble comes."

"That's where you are wrong for once. I was almost stuck. I had done all that I could with my brute force. I had to have help of another sort. What the boys needed was cheering up. They had lost heart.

"Take it from me, Freckles, there isn't any problem in the world that can withstand a good-natured grin. It just stares old dark-faced trouble out of countenance. It will put the devil on the run every time. Remember that, boy. If you are in a hard place, in the circus or out, just meet your trouble with a grin. Grin inside and outside and you will beat it, because if you grin that means you will keep up your courage, and courage spells success with a capital S.