Miss C. So you liked that acting, did you?
Susan. Show us how to do it and you can board here for nothing.
Miss C. Well, that’s very bad acting. I’m not going to do any more of it.
Rubber. Not on me, you won’t.
Miss C. But I’ll show you how to do the real thing. When you’ve once begun, stick to it, and you’ll win. Persistent effort—that’s the key to success.
Rubber. That’s me. Hard work’s my middle name. Yas’m, I kin stick to it all right.
Miss C. Very well. I see—I see you both have talent, and can stand hard knocks. (To Susan.) We’ll go into vaudeville. You and I will do a sister act.
Rubber. Oh, won’t you let me be a sister to you?
Miss C. I’ll think about it. I’ll arrange a part for you in a melodramatic sketch I have written. I call it “The Special Train.”
Rubber (starting across stage calling as before). Train—goin’—north! Nottingham—Newbury—Newport—Noblestown—Norwood—Nux Vomica, and New York! All-l-l aboard!