You saved the show for me and I'm
properly grateful to you, even though you won't let me mention it.
Next season Ruby will go out with the show, but I'm getting a new
clown. That is, she'll go unless something important 'appens to
pervent."
He screwed up his eye very mysteriously.
"What is likely to happen, Joey?"
"Well," said he, "girls do get married."
"You don't mean to say Ruby's going to be married!" David's thoughts
ran to Dick Cronk, although he knew there was no possible chance for
him.
"Well, there's a chap mighty attentive to 'er these days. You never
can tell. She's a 'ansome girl and--but I daresay it's best not to
count chickens before they're 'atched. I don't mind saying, 'owever,"
he went on rather wistfully, "I'd like to see Ruby 'appily married and
retired from the stage. It's wuss than the circus, my lad. The
temptations are greater and there ain't so much honor among the people
you're thrown with. The stage is surrounded by a pack of wolves just
as vicious as Bob Grand ever was, and a girl's got to be mighty spry
to dodge 'em."
"Is--her best young man a desirable fellow?" asked David, feeling very
sorry for the outcast who had not so much as asked for a chance.
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