He soon becomes a
jack-of-all-trades. As soon as you can you'll want to get
yourself a rubber coat and a pair of rubber boots. We'll get
some beastly weather by-and-by."
The good-natured clown ran on with much good advice while he was
sponging and pressing Phil's clothes. When he had finished, the
suit looked as if it had just come from a tailor shop.
Phil thanked him warmly.
"Now, you and I will see about some breakfast."
Reaching the cook tent, the first person Phil set eyes on was his
chum, Teddy Tucker. Teddy was presiding over the big nickel
coffeepot, his face flushed with importance. He was bossing the
grinning waiters, none of whom found it in his heart to get
impatient with the new boy.
CHAPTER XIV
AN UNEXPECTED HIT
"Another turn-away," decided a ticket taker, casting his eyes
over the crowds that had gathered for the afternoon performance.
"I guess Mr. Sparling knows his business pretty well," mused
Phil. "He knows how to catch the crowd. I wonder how many of
them have come here to see me. How they would look and stare if
they knew I was the kid that twisted the tiger's tail."
Phil's color rose.
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