"Then you can't have us," said the equestrienne promptly. "Bob, you and I are old friends, but not better ones than myself and Andy Wildwood. He stood by us through thick and thin, he makes a good showing in the ring. Why, before the Benares Brothers left us, they were training him for one of the best acts ever done on the trapeze."
"Is that so?" spoke Sanderson, looking interested. "The Benares Brothers joined us only last week. Here, give me five minutes."
"Miss Starr, you mustn't let me stand in your way of a good engagement," said Andy, as the assistant manager left the tent.
"It's the four of us, or none," asserted the determined little lady.
Sanderson came bustling in at the end of five minutes.
"All right," he announced brusquely, "I'll take the boy on."
"You'll never regret it," declared Stella Starr positively.
CHAPTER XXXI
CONCLUSION
"Bravo!"