Part 7 (2/2)
Krao, the Missing Link, and Baby Egawa sidled up to Phil and gingerly felt his arm muscles
”Woof!” exclai otten you boys were performers back with the show,” nodded Billy ”What are you up here for--learning this end of the business?”
”Yes; that is e are here for,” answered Phil
”Mr Sparling wished us to do so”
”You have coood place to learn it,” eht your way through You have done athe Boss, but look out for hiet you fired, he will get even with you in sohed
”I'll do ers like Mr Snowden?”
”Most of the their duty, earning theirJakes But Snowden is the worst ever He has the meanest disposition of any man I ever knew This is his first season on Number Three, and I shouldn't be surprised if it were his last I hear Boss Sparling doesn't take to hi about that?”
Phil shook his head
”Why do you let him treat you as he does?”
”Let him? Well, I'll tell you confidentially Most of us have families to support Some of us have wives; others mothers and sisters to look after It's put up with the roast or get out
And letout a fellow he doesn't like He'll fire you at the drop of the hat”
”I'ry; where do we eat?” interrupted Teddy
”Eat?”
”Sure! Don't you fellows in advance eat?”
”Well, we go through theat contract hotels isn't eating; it isn't even feeding You folks back with the show don't have to put up with contract hotels; you eat under the cook tent and you get real food”
”What's a contract hotel?” asked Teddy
Phil looked at his coust
”Teddy Tucker, haven't you been in the show business long enough to knohat a contract hotel is?”
Teddy shook his head
”I'll tell you, I'll explain what a contract hotel is,”
said Billy ”The contracting agent goes over the route in the spring and s to take the h with the livery stable business he hunts up all the almost food places in town until he finds one that will feed the advance car ns a contract and goes off to a real hotel for his own et his meals there
Well, we're booked to eat at one of those almost food places in every toe oing to one of the kind now Want to co?”