 Jerry of the circus Mr. Grayson in whom shall I say is calling don't say just I beg your pardon Well, you see miss. I'm mr. Grayson's father and oh mr. Grayson I beg your pardon Please not so loud. I was just passing through town on a quick business trip and thought I'd surprise him, you know I of course mr. Grayson so if he's in I'd like to just walk in on him providing. He's alone, of course Just a minute if you'll go go through this door Take my boy Why did you come from sort of gave you a surprise a surprise I'll say so aren't you supposed to be in New York or something? Well, it's a long story my boy. Oh good. I'm forgetting my manners sit down in this chair. It's the most comfortable I should say it is Yeah Well, well, well, so this is your office our office after all you helped me get it all forget it My boy any dad to do the same. I'm not so sure Looking pretty well son. I Can hardly talk. I'm so glad to see you and have a chance to really visit with you It's been a long time hasn't it dick. I should say it has Gee you're looking fine dad. Here's not showing too much I should say not you look as spry as the days we all used to troop together You have your mother's gift of Blarney dick, but how long you're going to stay? What are you gonna? Were you well, son? No, I'm afraid I I only have a few minutes to spend with you. What? Yes I'm on business. They're just passing through Jackson City. Oh now dad. You've got to stay You can't just barge right off again. Sorry, but I've got to take the next train out of here You see well, I'm going through with a young actor. I'm coaching but dad So when I found we came through this town, I will I just had to drop in and see you for a minute. Yeah, I'm glad You're looking fine and prosperous too You always were the well-dressed man about town dad even in the old days. Yes Those were the days you've no idea how much it means to me to really see you and talk to it Don't be so sure. I don't know you've no idea how much it means to me to see you and Talk to you the same old dad. Oh now listen, you've got to stay to lunch I've got a surprise for you wish I could my boy, but I've got to leave here in a few minutes And well the young chef's waiting for me and dad. I haven't told you yet about I wanted you to meet Sally Sally the girl I'm going to marry. Oh Yes, I See and I wanted her to meet you. She knows all about you already So you're going to get married. Yes, sir. Just as soon as I can get this office running smoothly and oh that reminds Me, I've got a little gift here for you. Oh, it's not much But I've had unexpected heavy expenses this summer and I know sir You put that right back in your pocket dad. What? Since when have you been giving orders to me, sir? Oh, oh, I don't mean it that way then here you are $100 but that's so much be a bag of tail should be more. Oh But I don't believe in letting a young fella get dependent dad. You're a brick All right to lend a hand now and then but let young people work for their place in the world That's the old school of breeding successful men dad. I I don't know what to say enough. We'll discuss it no more Pardon me mr. Grayson, but that young man from the circus is here ask him to wait miss James He has an older man with him calls him bumps. Tell them to wait. Yes, sir Why must go anyway now? Don't worry about them dad. They can wait. They're nice folks Trooping with the circus that's playing the town. Yes, yes to be sure They mustn't be seen though. Oh, they're all right However, I usually get my clients out this door into the hall to be sure to be sure Well, son, I must be going not yet. Thanks. Sorry my boy My blessings to the little lady dad. You've got to come for the wedding I don't know when it'll be but you've got to come. Well, we'll see when the time comes and Now time flies and I must depart. Oh gee dad. I'm proud of you son Keep your standards high With you as an example How could I fail is? Is this the door out into the hall. Yes, dad Goodbye son and God bless you. I Can never thank you enough for coming up here then will I Could hardly pass through town and not stopped by I should hope not Till we meet again dick Bye, dad an old trooper to the end miss James Yes, mr. Grayson, you might show them in now. Yes, sir. Will you step right in this way? Thank you, miss Hi there, mr. Grayson. Good morning Why what's the matter you look as if you just seen a ghost I have what my father what you mean? Johnny Bradley came up here exactly, but but I thought he didn't want you to know he was here He didn't why it doesn't seem to make much sense. Mr. Grayson pretended He was going through town on some business just seeing me between trains It it broke my heart. Golly then insisted on giving me this money Gee whelikers Must be almost a hundred dollars there. It's exactly that much pretty nearly every cent He's got I tell you just about killed me to sit here and pretend I thought he was a successful man making lots of money Well, he makes a lot with a circus. Yes, we make pretty good money Jerry But you see he has to live on all that the year around and we only work during the summer Yeah, I never thought of that and you see dad's a pretty old man. It's harder for the old timers Their type of acting is not used much anymore. I see and and then he's not being so strong That's just it it nearly drives me crazy to think of dad working so hard and Not even being able to to tell him I know all about it If he thought you knew that's the only reason I kept quiet Well, you mustn't worry about that father of yours Grayson. He's in good hands. Oh, I know he is I have quite a talk with mr. Randall. He promised to see that dad doesn't overwork Well, you can count on us to you bet. I'll do everything I can to help you see I Haven't got it dad. I Just love to kind of pretend he's mine and do things for him like I used to do for my own dad You're a grand kid Jerry Well, gee, that's not enough. I think your dad's well. We all do I'll tell you what I'll do I'll drop you a card every week and tell you how mr. Bradley's doing now I think that's a pretty friendly thing for you to do Jerry and I'll tell you what I'll do what I'll drop you a card once in a while telling you how your case is coming along See you will sure and when I finally get it settled. I'll send you a telegram Golly, I never gotten a telegram. Well, it looks like you two are gonna be pretty good Correspondents if you mean letter writing. Well, I'm not so hot, but I will be prompt fine And now I suppose you've come to sign that paper. I told you about last night Yeah, and to tell you what a swell time we had at your party You didn't have any more fun than Sally and I had giving it if only dad could have come to it would have been perfect Oh mighty nice young woman that miss Gray. I know it But it sure sounds good to have a person like you agree with me bumps See where that paper is. Don't tell me you lost it. Oh, no danger of that. Everything's filed carefully in this office Oh, I remember miss James took that this morning just a minute miss James Miss James will you please bring me that paper regarding the Dugan case? Yes, mr. Gray Well, I suppose you lawyers have to be almost as orderly as circus folk circus folk orderly. What do you mean? Thank you, that'll be all I Don't see how you can be very orderly in an outfit that moves almost every night Well, we couldn't move at all if we weren't everything with the show goes just like clockwork I'll say it does every minute of the day and night Everything and everybody connected with the circus can be accounted for that's amazing I'll never forget the first time I was out in the backyard just before the show began. Why what happened? Oh nothing that's why it seems so funny. What do you mean? Well, you see I was wandering around and people were going back and forth Nobody thinking much about the show then all of a sudden I noticed a couple of guards dressing some of the elephant How do you mean dressing? Oh, you know the how does they put on their backs and the spangled banners and things like that Oh, I see well the next thing I knew the animals and people started going into the big top Exactly on time to that's one show that begins on time Unless of course there's an accident people were wandering around in costumes and things You know the clowns were fooling around and the keepers But no one seemed to be paying much attention to the show But gradually the folks were breaking away and going into the tent. This was for the opening parade Yeah, they call it the grand entry suddenly animals would appear and go on into the main top before you know What the first part of the grand entry was coming out again, you know It is amazing even to show people the casualness of which the circus starts his performance I suppose it's so much a part of the day's life that it doesn't seem to be of greater importance than any other part of the day Well to a certain extent that's true And yet the entire day all the moving of putting up and taking down a tense is all for the one purpose that given the show What got me that first time was that no one made a fuss or seemed to be paying any special attention yet No one was a minute late. Yeah, you see mr. Grayson a whistle is blown ahead of time for all the performance I didn't hear when I was there the first time no because you weren't listening for it. We heard it Guess that's it. I always hear it now and know exactly what acts on how well by listening to the music the band's plan Certain pieces go with certain acts and then of course the ringmaster whistles for certain acts You get to know pretty much how near through even the acts are by listening to the drum How do the drums help well you see for all the falls the drummer has to roll the drum Oh, yeah, and for the entrances of the stars and when the animals do some special tricks The drum is rolled to accent. That's funny I saw that circus twice and I didn't particularly notice all that But all that special music helped to build up the big moments and make them seem more exciting sure when a guy falls If there's a lot of excitement in the music or with a drum Well, you get more excited. That's true There's certainly lots of tricks to the circus business, aren't there? Well, there are a lot of tricks to the law business too, and if I don't get these papers signed I'll never get on with your case golly. Yes. I was talking too much. Where do I sign right here, Jerry where this dotted line is? Okay? Jerry Dugan There you are that's done. All right Jerry And now I hope it won't be long before opening that box of your dad's in the bank downstairs So do I? Gee mr. Grayson. I can I can hardly wait to see what's in that box You