 The other end of the tent rehearsing you better be good right I'll be down to see how you're doing pretty soon don't you worry about right it's all we've been able to do is to keep them out of the ring so you think you're ready to go back to work again okay run along and do your stuff I'll be with you pretty soon I want to watch Marcus in that field for all right come along right we got working hey Marcus yeah you work the seals every day no only when they fall down I get lazy in the act oh what was the matter today you see that fellow over there with the whiskers yeah well for no reason at all he'll but suddenly decided not to do a single mean the study does all by himself the study always has done until this afternoon when I threw him the stick he balanced it on his nose all right but when I threw that big rubber ball he acted as if he'd never seen it before you mean he didn't catch it like always that's exactly what I mean you wanted off balancing the pole on his snout as if his job was finished so that's why you're keeping them after school exactly I don't they'll let him get away with it or even might take me weeks to get him back doing that particular trick now now you watch here you bet good you cut the pole all right see it's great the way he balances it now here goes the ball now you now just a bad hungry that's all hey why'd you give him the fish I thought that was to reward him well that's just what it is for but he didn't do the trick no but uh I want him to know what to expect and I'll give him more when he does do the trick right now we'll try again well if you're catching the stick all right all right now steady Hubert easy here he did it good boy fine I'm proud of you here's some extra fish living him flap his slippers just if he was a pardon himself sure he knows he's been good uh you want to reward him give him his fish oh gee whiz can I say thanks oh that's right throw it on he'll catch it look at him weave around if you're excited yeah these seals sure like their fish now what do you mean now don't they always oh sure but I was just thinking about when they first come to us from the ocean they like live fish you know most of these seals are from the pacific oh so that's why I've heard some of the madry men call them pacific water dogs yeah that's it are they scared at first well they're kind of wild uh you know you have to get them used to it before you can do any training oh how do you do that well when they're in the tank I put on high tin boots and weighed in with them till they get used to them but why didn't they'd nip our legs to pieces if we didn't oh so they bite oh I'll say they do well then what well we get to talking to him soft like and calling them by name finally we pat them next and by then they're so used to us they don't even try to nip out at us gee welcome I'd sure like to see you're working with a new one well the next time we get some moons in uh come around I'll let you help train them oh say you're swell say listen son I'm forgetting all about Hubert here talking to you come on Hubert once more and we'll call it a day now up you go now the pole that's right hold it steady it's marvelous the way he walks along with it now the ball play good boy fine okay Hubert well you're through for today now no monkey shines tonight okay come up on this plank into your wagon look at him go oh yeah he wants to get back to that tank well son we gotta be going thanks for helping well thanks for letting me well I guess I'd better get down to the other end of the tent and see how Rags is doing so long so long kid hey Jerry oh fine but what you doing with pat these trapezes I'm checking them over she's coming into practice on new eggs yeah well I'll be back and watch her there you go say that was great you bet never I think you've had enough now Rags well I'll say I just come up he wants to do it once more for me okay but only once after all he hasn't been working and I don't want him to get too tired the first rehearsal when you're gonna let him back in the act I think tomorrow when we open in Jackson city did you hear that right that's well okay Rags now if you want to show off we'll do it again now on my foot I love the way he talks back boy say that was a kick look at that somersault and right on your shoulder pretty good now here we go now easy boy whoops hey you didn't do that before hey that's great I got the idea that day we worked Rags and his leg was so sore now now see as I turn the somersault he catapults right off my shoulder and turns his own somersault I'll say he does two of them then his turn and tail and coming up through your legs is as well finished you're proud of you that's a grand trick well I thought you'd like it oh no no now that's enough for today so he bumps one of the men was fixing patsies for trappings yeah he's gonna rehearse her new act you want to stay in watch well it's a while before dinner oh say she's down there already sure hey patsy yeah say that was great when you're gonna put it in your act tomorrow in jackson city yeah I'm bringing it in there gee willikens did you hear that bump she and rags will open the same day well good work patsy we'll be watching you well that sounds like dinner the flags up patsy you're coming to eat with us you go right I don't mind telling ya I'm starved oh no you don't think that's anything new do you well I've never seen you when you didn't put away enough food for one of the stakers oh you're kidding I couldn't eat that much come on rags say I've seen him eat three steaks for breakfast well you can get outside a pretty near that much for dinner maybe if I worked up to it and gotten training oh say you don't need any training well however you're growing and growing boys can always eat more for this size than anything else I know oh hi john reading friends good evening and how is my understudy doing tonight very well thank you mr bradley see you know I think I ought to learn some of that chic spear stuff right if I'm going to be an honest to goodness understudy you're a fine lad wouldn't hurt you to learn some of the bards famous plays even if you never used them poetry is good for the imagination my boy will you teach me oh with pleasure Jerry with pleasure come into my wagon anytime and we'll delve into some of the great works of the world's greatest playwright I'll say that'd be great well you couldn't have a better teacher jerry johnny may be a clown in the ring but he used to work with some of the most famous actors in the country he was one himself I suspect in my day it was a great art the spoken word the power of the voice and the slightest bit of pantomime well here we are oh to be sure we seem to be tardy good evening friends good evening I apologize for my late oh yeah that's the latest you'll be here in a minute I guess call you that soups you're looking here comes the little lady now all out of breath everybody I am winded well you're needing to run like that Pat oh I know bonus but I dropped by the wagon it's found out I'd gotten some mail and after all your rehearsing too you'll be too tired to eat hey uh may I have some more crackers thanks I suppose you think of I don't need to be more for you and jerry you see jerry you've already got a reputation well that's one thing there's no php in the circus php is that some kind of a club no that's that's just short for family hold back that's the first time my old years have heard that is that a very common expression oh I'll say it is we often had to use it when there was company you can bet we were glad and mother'd say m i k you bet and what may I ask does m i k stand for more and get me I have some more meat and potatoes and a little more bread jerry I don't know where you put it you just asked for one thing after another since he sat down yeah I'm sorry I don't let it get you jerry you go right ahead oh say would you folks mind if I look through my letters oh we'll go ahead of course not say bumps how about some butter I can remember the day when we were stranded in the little town of the oh oh I'm sorry mr Bradley all right little lady what I had to say was of no importance you go right ahead jerry this letter is from the brunner lock company no oh say that well what did they say let me see they say they used to make this type of lock but have long since this continued this particular pattern oh golly that's tough hmm then down here at the bottom they have a list of the different banks that use this lock and key when they were manufacturing it are there many yes let's see as twin fall huntsburg and jackson city and they that's where we play tomorrow if it's the same one of course we do we've got a couple days there well I get there might as well check with that bank you know they might still have some of those old locks and use you think so no harm in trying to find out that's just what we will do we'll look up that bank when we get that amount collie now don't count on it too much though jerry I want besides jerry you see this letter lists about eight different banks all over the country that use that pattern at one time or another yes we got just good a chance to hit it right off in jackson city as many other cities of course we have we just don't want you to be disappointed if it is the wrong bank that's all well I won't and after all if it's not the place we're right to all those other banks do we find the right one you bet we will we'll find that safety deposit box of your dad's if it takes the rest of the season I sure hopefully hit it first thing though I'm awful anxious to find out what dad had that was important enough to lock up in a bank mr. Bradley mr. Bradley yes yes all of a sudden you look so kind of well just since we started talking about the bank of jackson city is there anything wrong oh no no my dear I'm all right and I hope jackson city will hold something very happy for you next in city next in city