The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-03-22


"We did send to one here in the vii
lagc, but he wouldn't come because she
belonged to the circus. lie sent her
this" handing him paper.
" "Umph! 'The World and its Amuse-
ments on the Broad Way Just like
that sanctimonious Jennings, Sends
the woman tract, and lets her suffer
all day long"
Doctor" said the sick woman, chow
long can | live?"
Olive, woman! why, you're good for
forty years yet"
"No, Doctor, Pm not-1 feel I'm not
long for this world"
"Oh all nonsense!" said he, "you'll
soon get over this" And with like
comforting assurances he sought to raise
her from her depressed condition. In
about ten minutes he went to the door
and said, "Come in here, one of you,
while | go to the gig" lie soon came
back, and the woman remained with
him.
In little while the clown came up
to the group of women outside the door,
and leaning in all attitudes against the
sides and steps of the wagon.
"Well has he Gomez"
eyes, he's been in this quarter of an
hour"
"What dose he say?"
ooh! she'll do,' he says, didn't he? ?"
said one Of them, turning to another for
confirmation.
lie soon left, and his voice was heard
I, shouting some old witticism Of the ring
as though there were no such things as
: sick wives and doctors in the world. In
a few minutes more he came again quito
, out of breath from last summersault,
Interpretation ofWhich was still heard.
Seeing the door partially open he en-
, tered, and his face looked joyous, as the
wall of a child greeted him.
(Which is it? y boy?"
, eyes" said Jenny.
The answer was unheard by him, for
there-streachcd out in death was the
: mother. Contrary to the doctors ex-
, pectation, the accident and premature
, delivery had caused her death.
Yes! There she lay; the hollow
sunllcn eyes-madc unnaturally bright
by the traces rogue upon her checks
the jaw fallen. Death was evidently
there, and he saw it.
Shcwith whom hc,had adopted to share
, all the cares and joys of life; now that
the only difference they had ever had
, was removed. She was dead! The
man was stunned. y strange pair they
looked he in the motely and paint of
his calling; she--dead
Q "Bearup, BILL said Jenny, approach
G ing him with the child fits Il 6Oy,
= Bill; and she wanted it to be called af-
, ter you.
: The man seemed not to hear, but,
: walking up to the bed, and taking one
of the dead hands in his, kissed it gent
= ly, as though afraid of waking her; and
then, as though his loss had just been
realized, muttcred, "Dead dead ~ and
lay down, his face close to hers, kissing
V the fast cooling lips with frantic earnest
ness.
= "Dead-dcad-dca ~ still came be-
n tween his choking sobs. To him the
V woman, moving to and fro in Offices
g about the child, were not: to him, USE
| less was the doctors farewell. "Dead-
d dead-dcadw ~ and the heaviug chest and
t bursting eyeballS found reliefin tears.
y "There don't take on so, BILL" said
>, one, trying to raise him; "don't take
II on so hard, Bill ~
= She might as well have spoken to the
IS box on which he half sat, half leaned,
d as he hung over his dead wife. They
e then tried to. get to close the staring
eyes: but look which appalled, them
~ shook their nerves too much to allow OF
: a second trial. A noise outside now at
t tracted them to thc door.
Il "What's the matter, now?" !.
+ "Matter enough :" said harsh, graf
u ing voice. "IIcrc's Chapman so drunk
he can't go in, and Hill's skulking he,
It cause his Wiie's sick there never was
t, fellow in the ring worse treated than
lc / am.
"Shc is dead, Whips" said one, point
70 ing with her thumb back to the wagon
Is "Dcad ~ said he.
"Ncs and he's there, too.'
to swell, if that amt to bad" said he
4, "here's the last scene before the qua
10 drillc, and no cloWn--it'll ruin the cir
Gus The second night, too; her las
!" nights jump has filled the plNce-thcrc
in amt standing roonl-and they've
been calling for her all the evening
ut Dead" said he again, as though his los
&c were caused by her neglect, "Who'C
have thought il? What's to be done?
y, Cant you make Chapman do""
Il, "No, he's fool any time to Bill, an'
:" now he's drunk he's no use at MI
III What's to be done. | don't know"
-, Here he was obliged to leave, for tl
"a uproar in the circus was dealening
"Clown! Clown !" was the only cr
~ they could make. In vain did Whip
- drive the horses faster and faster ii
-, the "Corsican Brothers were nearly
ot Il horizontal position with their speed
nothing would appcase the now excite
. . people.
-, Whips came out again. "Wherc
,r Bill ~ said he.
ad "IIere Bill" said Jenny, "Whil
,oo wants YOU"
'Who wants me?" said the man.
,r IIere, Bill, | do" said the voice
" thn door