"Of course, any time you wish you may come out, you know."
"Thank you; I shall be glad to do that. I can do a lot of little things to help you as soon as I learn how you run the show. I know something about that already," grinned the lad.
"If you wish, I will double somebody up on your flying rings act.
What do you say?"
"It isn't necessary, Mr. Sparling. I can handle all three without any difficulty, only the bareback act comes pretty close to the grand entry. It doesn't give me much time to change my costume."
"That's right. Tell you what we'll do."
"Yes?"
"We'll set the bareback act forward one number, substituting the leaping for it. That will give you plenty of time to make a change, will it not?"
"Plenty," agreed Phil.
"How about the flying rings. They come sometime later, if I remember correctly."
"Yes; the third act after the riding, according to the new arrangement. No trouble about that."