"But I don't know any funny stories."
"Tell them the story of your life as a circus boy. That will be funny enough to make a hyena laugh."
"Ho, ho!" exploded Teddy. "It is a joke. He who laughs first laughs last."
"You mean 'he who laughs last laughs best,'" corrected Phil, smiling broadly.
"Well, maybe. Something of the sort," grinned the Circus Boy.
"And look here, Teddy!"
"Yes?"
"Have you written to Mr. Sparling yet, as he requested you to do?"
"No."
"And why not?"