I fought with the South. I was a drummer boy in a Georgia
regiment," said the showman reminiscently. "Perhaps had I been
older I might have done differently, but I loved my Sunny South
and I love it now."
"So do I," added Phil Forrest fervently.
"But the war is over. It is the show business that concerns us
most intimately at the present moment. I want to say that you
are doing excellent work on the flying trapeze this season."
"Thank you. I am doing my best."
"You always do. Whatever you attempt you go at with all the
force you possess, and that is no slight factor, either. I have
been waiting to talk seriously with you for sometime. You have
finished your studies, have you not?"
"Yes."
"What are your plans for the future?"
"I have no immediate plans beyond continuing in the
show business. I am trying to lay up some money so I
can go into business some of these days."
"What business?"
"Circus business, of course. It is the only business I know
anything about, and I know very little about that, it seems
to me."
"Let me tell you something, Phil.
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