Part 33 (1/2)
Mr Miaco, himself an all around acrobat, was on hand to watch their work and to offer suggestions He had taken a keen interest in Phil Forrest, seeing in the lad the s were let down to within about ten feet of the sawdust ring, and one at a tiers grasped the iron rings
With several violenttherasped the ropes above the rings
”That ell done Quite professional,” nodded the clown
”Take hold of this rope and I will swing you If it hed Phil
”Give ed Teddy
”In aPhil backwards and forwards, his speed ever increasing, and as he went higher and higher, Phil let hiht assist in the swinging
”Now, see if you can get back in the rings with your legs”
”That's easy,” answered Phil, his breath co sweep in the rings before
The feat was not quite so easy as he had i But he
”Good,” cried the clown, clapping his hands approvingly
”Givegained sufficient s would start on their backward flight, per the down, as skillfully as if he had been doing that very thing right along
”You'll do,” emphasized the clown ”You will need to put a little ive you a lesson in that next tih the sah not quite with the sa the hour when the perfor top to practice and play,the boys work They nodded their heads approvingly when Phil finished and swung hiround
Teddy, on his part, overrated his ability when it ca by his feet
”Look out!” warned half a dozen performers at once
He had not turned his left foot into the position where it would catch and hold in the ring Their trained eyes had noted this omission instantly
The foot, of course, failed to catch, and Teddy uttered a hohen he found hi His fall, however, was checked by a sharp jolt The right foot had caught properly As he swept past the laughing perfore spider, both hands and one foot clawing the air in a desperatethey could do to liberate him fro had lessened sufficiently to enable theht steady!” cautioned Miaco ”If you twist it you'll take a beauty tuht of that before Had Miaco known the lad better he would not havethat advice
Teddy pros as if he had been fired from a cannon