Phil's stock
rose correspondingly. A man who could "call down" his crew
properly was a real car manager.
While the Sparling Show profited by Teddy's ruse, Phil felt
unhappy that his advantage had come by reason of the falsehood
that Teddy had told; and that night Phil read his young friend
a severe lecture.
"If I find you doing a trick like that again," concluded Phil,
"you close there and then."
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
"Who is the man in charge of Sparling Advance Car Number Three?"
demanded Mr. Starr, manager of "The Greatest Show on Earth."
"A young fellow named Forrest. That is all I know about him,"
answered the treasurer of the show.
"He used to be a performer and a good one, too," spoke up the
assistant manager.
This conversation took place in the office tent of the show that
Phil Forrest had been fighting almost ever since he took charge
of Car Three.
"He is one of the best bareback riders who ever entered the
forty-two foot ring," continued the assistant manager.
"What has he ever done before? I never heard of him."
"He has been with Sparling, I think, about five years.
I understand he never did any circus work before that."
"I want that young man," announced the general
manager decisively.
"Probably money will get him," smiled the treasurer.
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