CHAPTER XXII
EMPEROR ANSWERS THE SIGNAL
Making sure that everybody had left, Phil Forrest ran swiftly
toward the village. He knew the way, having been downtown during
the day.
A light twinkled here and there in a house, where the people, no
doubt, were discussing the exciting events of the day. As Phil
drew near the cemetery he heard voices.
It would not do to be discovered, so the lad climbed the fence
and crept along the edge of the open plot. He was nearing the
blacksmith shop and it was soon apparent to him that quite a
number of men had gathered in front of the shop itself.
Skulking up to the corner, the last rod being traversed on all
fours, the circus boy flattened himself on the ground to listen,
in an effort to learn if possible what were the plans of the
villagers. If they had any he did not learn them, for their
conversation was devoted principally to discussing what they had
done to the Sparling show and what they would do further before
they had finished with this business.
Phil did learn, however, that the man who had been hurled through
the store window was not fatally injured, as had been thought at
first.
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