"Pay nothing!" exclaimed the man. "I guess I can do you that favor. If you feel like spending any money why don't you buy this machine? I'll sell it cheap, and you could have a lot of fun with it. Take your wife out for a run between performances."
"I haven't one," laughed Joe.
"Well, you may have one some day. That's no reason for not buying my motor-cycle. I'll let you have it cheap."
"I don't know how to run one," objected Joe.
"It won't take you long to learn. Come on, I'll take you over and you can look at the seal, and I'll be giving you instructions on the way."
"All right," agreed Joe. "But first come in and watch my act. Then you can see Tracy, too."
And so it was arranged. Babson was disappointed in not securing work from the ring-master, who said, though, that there might be an opening later. But the former juggler enjoyed Joe's act, and said so.
"Don't say anything about the seal proposition," Joe cautioned him, as he went out with Babson after the performance in the tank. "I don't want it known until I actually have the seal."
"Oh, I'll keep quiet. But say, Joe, that act of yours, as it stands now, is a dandy! It sure is!"
"Glad you like it. I'm going to make it better yet, I think."