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Title: Joe Strong on the Trapeze
or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer

Author: Vance Barnum

Release Date: April 30, 2009 [EBook #28642]

Language: English

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JOE STRONG

ON THE TRAPEZE

OR

_THE DARING FEATS OF A YOUNG

CIRCUS PERFORMER_

BY

VANCE BARNUM

Author of "Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard," "Joe Strong, the Boy Fish,"
"Joe Strong on the High Wire," etc.

WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.

RACINE, WISCONSIN

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY

VANCE BARNUM

THE JOE STRONG SERIES

JOE STRONG, THE BOY WIZARD
_Or, The Mysteries of Magic Exposed_

JOE STRONG ON THE TRAPEZE
_Or, The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer_

JOE STRONG, THE BOY FISH
_Or, Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank_

JOE STRONG ON THE HIGH WIRE
_Or, Motor-Cycle Perils of the Air_

JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL
_Or, A Young Acrobat in the Clouds_

JOE STRONG--HIS BOX OF MYSTERY
_Or, The Ten Thousand Dollar Prize Trick_

JOE STRONG, THE BOY FIRE EATER
_Or, The Most Dangerous Performance on Record_

COPYRIGHT, 1916

GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY

Printed by

WESTERN PRINTING & LITHOGRAPHING CO.

Racine, Wisconsin

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE FIRE TRICK
II. JOE'S RESPONSIBILITY
III. ANOTHER OFFER
IV. A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
V. OFF TO THE CIRCUS
VI. JOE MAKES A HIT
VII. JOE TURNS A TRICK
VIII. HELEN'S LETTER
IX. BILL WATSON'S IDEA
X. IN THE TANK
XI. HELEN'S DISCOVERY
XII. JUST IN TIME
XIII. A BAD BLOW
XIV. HELEN'S INHERITANCE
XV. A WARNING
XVI. THE STRIKE
XVII. IN BEDFORD
XVIII. HELEN'S MONEY
XIX. JOE IS SUSPICIOUS
XX. A FALL
XXI. JOE HEARS SOMETHING
XXII. BAD NEWS
XXIII. HELEN GOES
XXIV. JOE FOLLOWS
XXV. THE LAST PERFORMANCE

JOE STRONG ON THE TRAPEZE

CHAPTER I

THE FIRE TRICK

"Better put on your pigeon-o