I haven't come to that yet. I said he took a couple of
thousand from the Colonel. That was before you come into it, and he
was so ashamed of it he never told you. Well, out they go on the road
again, with him as the clown, Ruby as the columbine, Casey as
harlequin and a guy named Smith as pantaloon. They had a show
something like Humpty Dumpty. But you know all about that."
"Perfectly," said David, smiling reflectively. "I was with the show
for a week on the road in '78. I must say I liked the rough old tent
days better than the life they led in those abominable country town
opera houses."
"Umph!" was the other's comment. "That's originally the way the
Colonel's wife took it into her head to drag Ruby in if she could.
Well, what does the Colonel do, after the show gets to going well, but
drop in occasionally just as he did to Van Slye's circus, and proceed
before long to make love to Ruby. Yes, sir! That's what he did, the
hell-rotter that he is. Soon as Joey finds out his game, he up and
takes a fall out of him. Then the Colonel threatens to put him out of
business. Right then and there is where Joey writes to you for help.
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