"Knocked it on the ground, then kicked it out of the ring,"
grinned Teddy.

"Of course you spoiled their act," commented Phil.

"I--I guess I did."

"That was an ungentlemanly thing to do, to say the least.
It is lucky for you that Mr. Sparling did not happen to see you.
Do you know what would have happened to you if he had?"

"He would have fined me, I suppose."

"No. You would have closed right there. He would have had you
sent back home by the first train if he had seen you do a thing
like that."

"I don't care. I can get a job with the Yankee Robinson show any
time, now."

"Not if you were to be discharged from this outfit for
bad conduct. I don't wonder Diaz is angry. Did he say
anything to you at the time?"

Teddy nodded.

"What did he say?"

"I didn't understand all he said. Some of it was in Spanish,
but what I did understand was enough," grinned the boy.