"And you would rather travel with a show than have an easy, respectable position here at home?"
"I would, sir."
"Well, that is a matter of taste. I should prefer the berth I have just offered you."
"I hope you are not offended, Mr. Anderson?" said Al, a little diffidently.
"Offended! No, no, my boy; but I think you are making a mistake."
"The end will show, sir."
"Yes, yes, the end will show. Well, I can't help feeling an interest in you, not only because you rescued my child, but because you seem to me to be a rather unusual lad. Do you mind answering me a few questions? Believe me, I shall not ask them out of mere idle curiosity."
"Ask as many as you like, sir."
"Do you live in Boomville?"
"A little way out of the town, sir."