“I want to get a good wreck scene,” he said, “and that is going to be rather hard.”
“Will it be a real wreck scene?” asked Joe.
“Yes, as real as we can make it. I’m negotiating now for an old schooner that I can scuttle out at sea. All the company will be aboard, and they’ll drift about for a long time without food and water.”
“Am I supposed to be in on that?” asked C. C., suspiciously.
“Of course,” was the theatrical man’s answer. “This is a circus company returning from abroad that is wrecked, and you are the clown. Be as funny as you can.”
“Wrecked?” queried C. C.
“That’s it.”
“And I’m to be funny?”
“Without food and water for days, and I’m expected to be funny!” exclaimed the comedian, with a groan. “Oh, why did I ever get into this business? I’ll not do it!”