"Done any tumbling since you closed last fall?" questioned
Mr. Miaco.
"We have practiced a little. I want to learn, if you will teach me—"
"Why, you can tumble already, Phil."
"Yes; but I want to do something better—the springboard."
"They've got a leaping act this year."
"How?"
"Performers and clowns leap over a herd of elephants.
You've seen the act, haven't you?"
"Oh, yes; I know what it is. I wish I were able to do it."
"You will be. It is not difficult, only one has to have a natural bent for it. Now, your friend Teddy ought to make a fine leaper."
"I am," interposed Teddy pompously. "I always was."