Part 14 (1/2)
”Well, then, get him to teach you Of course we can't kno to do too s in this business We have learned that it pays to kno to do al Have you ot back?”
”Yes He spooned over me and made believe he loved me like a brother”
Teddy paused reflectively
”Then what?”
”Well, then he tried to kick the daylight out of lad I chose an elephant forto begin on the springboard--begin practicing, I et settled--”
”Settled? I never heard of a show getting settled--that is, not until the season is ended and it is once more in winter quarters
I suppose by 'settled' he uess so,” nodded Teddy ”What are you going to do?”
”The regular acts that I did last year”
”No; Ito learn new?”
”Oh! Well, there are two things I'm crazy to be able to do”
”What are they?”
”One is to be a fine trapeze perforhtfully
”And the other?”
”To ride bareback”
”Want to be the whole thing, don't you?” jeered Teddy
”No; not quite But I should like to be able to do those two things, and to do the that catches the audiences as do the trapezists and the bareback riders And it fascinates reed Teddy
”But there is one thing I want to talk with you about--to read you a lecture”
”You needn't”
”I shouldn't be surprised if there was so tent You know Mr Sparling won't stand for anything of that sort”
”He doesn't know about it,” interposed Teddy
”But we do Therefore, we are just as much to blame as if he did know And I a You ought to know that by this tioes on in this show that he doesn't find out about, sooner or later, and he is going to find out about this”
”I didn't do anything You did, when you had a scrap with those two fellows out on the lot”
”You forget that you started the row by e a pail of water on Larry's head Don't you call that starting doing anything?