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The ringmaster / proprietor of the struggling circus gives him a tryout the next day, but the Tramp fails miserably.

However, when the property men quit because they have not been paid, he gets hired on the spot to take their place.

Once again, he inadvertently creates comic mayhem during a show.

The ringmaster craftily hires him as a poorly paid property man.