“I’ve got some good funny views,” went on Jakie.
“Then come over to my house to-night,” invited Tommy, “and we’ll talk about it. Some of the other boys are going to be there.”
And from then on, for a week or more, the activities of Tommy were equally divided between baseball and the coming show. In fact, he gave more time to the show, which seemed as if it was going to be a good one—that is, if enough of the boys were left to make up an audience.
Finally, the afternoon of the performance came. It was on a Saturday, when there was no ball game, and the show was to be given again in the evening.
I haven’t the space to tell you all about it, but I will say that it was a great success. Tommy, as a clown, created much laughter, and when the boys did a scene from a dentist’s office, behind a sheet, with a light so arranged as to make shadow pictures, the audience laughed again and again.
The moving-picture machine, operated by Jakie, more than came up to expectations, for some really good views were shown. The performance came to a close by a grand finale in which “the full strength of the company” was used, to quote from the pencil-printed handbills.
The show was given again at night, when a larger crowd came, including a number of men and women, who had been teased into it by their boys and girls, who had been to the afternoon performance.
“Well, how did we make out?” asked Teddy of Tommy that night, when the last act had been given.
“Pretty well, I guess,” answered the young captain, as he counted over the money. “Here’s a nickel with a hole in!” he exclaimed. “I wonder who passed that on us?”
“Oh, never mind,” said Teddy. “We can get four cents for it almost anywhere. How much did we make?”