handing them to the head clown. Mr. Miaco tossed the lad a bath
robe, for the morning was still chilly.

"After you get broken in you will have to do all this for
yourself. There's nothing like the show business to teach a
fellow to depend upon himself. 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