"
"Well, in case you do not, I will tell you. Every day we
send out men to post bills through the country. The routes
are laid out by the contracting agent long before we get to
a town. You go out in a livery rig, and you will have to
drive from thirty to forty miles a day. You are an aerial
performer, are you not?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then you will be able to climb barns all right. We will call
you Car Number Three's barn-climber. We'll see how good a
performer you really are. For the first few days I will send you
out with one of the billposters; after that you will have to go
it alone. If you are no good, back you go. Understand?"
"I think so. I shall do the best I can."
"And what do I do?" demanded Teddy.
The car manager eyed him disapprovingly.
"What do you do?"
"Yes."
"I have a nice gentlemanly job laid out for you. You will
operate the steam boiler and make up the paste for the next day.
You'll wish you had stayed back with the show before I get
through with you."
"And I'll go there, too, if you talk like that to me," retorted
Teddy, flushing angrily.
"What's that? What's that?" snapped the manager. "See here,
young man, I am in charge of this car. You will do as I tell
you, and if you get noisy about it I'll show you how we do things
on an advertising car.
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