It was afternoon, and already the great white tents were up, covering an entire block in the southern end of the town.
The cage was properly placed in the menagerie department, and then Barton Reeve led the way between numerous empty wagons to the rear of a large affair used as a ticket office.
This was not yet open, but a knock on the door brought a quick response.
Two men were in the wagon, the treasurer, Mr. Giles, and Adam Lambert, the traveling manager of the show.
“Here is a young man who would like to see you, Mr. Lambert,” said Barton Reeve, and he introduced Leo.
“What is it?” asked the manager shortly. “My time is valuable.”
“He would like a job in the ring.”
And then Reeve told about what Leo had done and what the boy’s aspirations were.
Ordinarily the manager would not have listened to such an application, having hundreds of such made to him every week.
But he liked Leo’s looks, and besides, a boy who could capture a lion was certainly worth talking to.