The change of clothing having been made, the lads started for the
lot, hoping that they might find the old coffee stand and have a
cup before breakfast. To their surprise, upon arriving at the
lot, they found the cook tent up and the breakfast cooking.

"Why, how did you ever get this tent here and up so quickly?"
asked Phil after they had greeted their old friend of the
cook tent.

"Came in on the flying squadron. This is a railroad show now,
you know," answered the head steward, after greeting the boys.

"Flying squadron? What's that?" demanded Teddy, interested
at once.

"The flying squadron is the train that goes out first.
It carries the cook tent and other things that will be
needed first. We didn't have that last year. You'll find a lot
of new things, and some that you won't like as well as you did
when we had the old road show. What's your act this year?"

"Same as last."

"Elephant?"

"Yes, and the rings. My friend Teddy I expect will ride the
educated mule again."

While they were talking the steward was preparing a pot of
steaming coffee for them, which he soon handed over to the lads