Chapter 8
Dan had a strong feeling that trouble was brewing between Cotty Starke and Greer. It was a feeling he could not shake. And if violence exploded between the two men, it could tear the whole carnie apart. Townies didn't like carnival people, and town cops would often seize any excuse to close a carnival down.
So he kept a close watch on the freak show, lingering around the edges when his presence wasn't required elsewhere. The Wall of Death, the motordrome, was situated directly across the midway this week from the freak show. Greer had complained bitterly about the drome's proximity, since the drome's bailies were always so noisy, often drowning out any front talker nearby. But Greer's complaints had been ignored. Every show operator complained whenever the Wall of Death was
