"I got a shock when I took the money to the canvas boss. He
gave me $50 and said:
"'That's your share. We'll work it again next pay day.'
"Then I went at him, and we had quite a fight. We were both
arrested, and at the hearing next morning I learned that
he had been working the game with that same circus about
once a month. There were so many with the outfit and so
few of them knew each other by name, and accidents were so
numerous, that no one suspected him. He had grown afraid to
work it for himself and used me for a tool.
"The show had pulled out and the boss and two others who
had been arrested with us took the first train back to it.
I used the $50 to pay my fine and get home, where I found
work and honesty--and, as soon as possible, I sent to the
chief horseman with the show $50, to be added to the fund
for the benefit of the next person really hurt, telling him
the entire story. He wrote that he had been among those who
helped kick the canvas boss out of the car after he read my
letter."