“Hey, mister,” I said, “haven’t we got a right up here?”
“That’s what it says,” the man laughed.
Then the painter said, “Boys, I want you to meet Mr. Slinger Bull, advertising man for Brown’s hats. He is very much taken with the idea of having scouts on top of our signs.”
I said, “Believe me, we came near being taken. We’re going to retire from the business.”
Mr. Bull said, “Too late, your pictures will soon be all over the country.”
“Mine too?” Pee-wee yelled.
“And we’re going to use the scout idea—scouts on top; wood cut-outs, of course.”
“Wouldn’t live cut-ups do?” I asked him. “Because that’s us.”
Mr. Bull, he just laughed and he said, “Who’s leader here?”