“Let’s see what you can do?”
Jack’s heart beat fast. Here was the very chance he wanted. Could he “make good?” So much depended on the first impression.
“Is there a place where I can make-up?” he asked.
“Make-up? Do you know how to make-up?”
“A little bit.”
“Well, if Ike Landon says you helped him, you must be all right, for he’s a hard man to please. If you’re going to have a try-out, you might as well do it proper. You can go to the dressing-tent.”
“Where is it?”
“Right over there,” and the manager pointed. “Ike will show you. Tell Sam Kyle to give him a hand,” the manager called after the boss canvasman. “I’ll wait here for him,” he added.
“Say, you’re in luck,” said Ike. “It ain’t many he’d give such a chance to. Do you know what you’re going to do?”
“A little.”