Walser signs up with the circus that Fevvers is scheduled to travel with: Colonel Kearney's Grand Imperial Tour. Kearney, a brazen and money-hungry man from Kentucky, is never seem without his pig, Sybil, who he asks for the final decision on all of his difficult affairs. Sybil, an intelligent and astute pig, spells out her answers and predictions in a set of alphabet cards that the Colonel has for her. Walser had previously gone to Kearney and asked to join the circus, offering to do any odd job Kearney may need done. Going along with Sybil's advice, Kearney makes him a clown, and they travel off to Petersburg......
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