A number of performers who had been a witness to the performance
clapped their hands and shouted "bravo!"
Mr. Sparling called the lads to him.
"The act is yours," he said. "It is better than Navaro's. Each
of you will draw twenty five dollars a week for the rest of the
season," he announced to the proud circus boys, who thereupon ran
to the dressing tent to take a quick bath and get into their
costumes ready for the parade.
"See to it that they have the net spread, Mr. Ducro," he
directed. "Never permit them to perform without it."
That afternoon the boys made their first appearance in the
flying-ring exhibition, and their act really proved a sensation.
Mr. Sparling, who was observing it from the side, kept his head
bobbing with nods of approval and muttered comments.
After the show Phil suggested that thereafter Teddy be allowed to
use a clown makeup, because his funny antics in the air were more
fitted to the character of a clown than to that of a finished
performer.
To this the owner readily agreed, and that night they tried it
with tremendous success.
The days that followed were bright ones for the circus boys.
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