"Rather, I was going to suggest—"
"Well, out with it!"
"I was going to suggest that you let me fill in his place until he is able to work again. It would save you the expense of getting a new performer on, and would hold the job for the present man."
"You, a bareback rider?"
Phil nodded.
"But you can't ride!"
"But I can," smiled the lad. "I've been at it almost ever since we started the season. I've been working every day."
"Alone?"
"No. Mrs. Robinson has been teaching me. Of course, I am not much of a rider, but I can manage to stick on somehow."
The manager was regarding him thoughtfully.