The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-09-04


while lie took me up on one of the
old piebald horses, aud held me
on his shoulder, or under his arm
or stood me on his head, or out at
full length upon his hand, and
me al the time with my little
arms folded and standing as stiff
as a rod.
Do anything he would with me,
| never finched. Used to like it,
and think it fun, feeling all the
while as old and deep as could be,
while l quite looked down on boys
double my age. Then l was reg
ular drilled into tho life, you
know, working hard every day at
the rehearsals-and very hard
work it ia. I've done almost every.
thing from the horsework 10 the
trapeze. I've turned summer
saults over five horses, and gone
through the air like ball almost
| got we'll on with the tight rope,
and have walked up a rope to a
place a hundred feet high, while
the fire works have been fizzing
and suffering around me, for l
had good nerve and never was
afraid Of anything; while, though |
never got to be irregular crack at
any one thing, | was a sure card,
and a useful man to a manager;
for, il | wasn't star, / never
missed my tip. / conld always be
sure OF an engagement and pret
ty good salary; and what followed?
Why, what always follows? = why,
| must take fancy to one Of on
lady riders at Panganai's Classica
Cirque National, and get mar
ried.
Now; you know, most people
when they fall in love, do it by
taking a fancy to a face. Well,
that's nature, p'r'aps,b | didn't,
for took fancy 10 my wife's way
of doing the scarf trick on horse
back. | dare say you know | mean
when they makes bit of mus
lin hoat over them, and all that sort
OF thing. Well, it struck me one
day as the girl who was 30 clever
at that, and was always SO quiet
at rehearsing and never stood
any chatting, could be clever at
other things, and | said to myself,
"That a settler; if she'll have me,
and I'll have She" And the
very next night, when we were
going through the Flying In
dians' pi.co OH two horses, you
know, that we'd done dozens of
times before in quiet business
way-I'd got to gallop after her
horse, while she was pretending
to flee from me, Of course, done
up in style, with feathers and go
on.
Then, when her horse was 80
switt l couldn't ketch her, l made
lots of dumb motions and SHE'D
my tomahawk at her horse, that
begins to halt and then limp,
when close up and puts my arm
round her and bring her on to my
horse, she pretending to resist;
and as she stands going round
backwards hangs away as hold
her.
Well, being pretty thing il
well done, the people were very
attentive. One night, after I'd
made up my mind, when we'd
got to the point where I'D killed
her horse, when the music was
playing SO no one else could hear
what ! said,,, says: "Mary, DEAR"
her name on the bill was Mad.
emoisclle Maroni Mary, DEAR"
l says, "make that real"
"Whata" she says.
"Let's make this real" says;
and then out loud. "On horse !"
"Don't talk nonsense" she says.
"Put your arm q little more
around my waist-I'm slipping.
81 was just going to, darliug,"I
said. "You shan slip, I'll sup
port you"
All this time, OF course, she
was hanging away from me, as if
in a rago of fear, but when l said
III support you, she half laughed,
and said "You won't like to--l
eat to much" o.
"Try me-" said. "l'm earnest,
and mean it. Mind your bal.
ance." <
"Don't, please" and I quite
started to hear how pitifully she
spoke.
"Well, I WON'T" says, "dear,
only let's make it real"
SWELL" she says, sauclly, Il
will make 1t real" and she hung
away from me fiercer then ever,