“Do your parents approve of your going with a show?”
“I—I don’t know, sir.”
“You’d better find out, then. Ask them mighty quick. This is no camp meeting outfit that plays week stands.”
“Can’t.”
“Why not?”
“’Cause they’re dead.”
“Huh! Why didn’t you say so before?”
“You didn’t ask me.”
“You’re too smart, young man.”
“Takes a smart man to be a circus man, doesn’t it?”