The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-13

and Wednesday aud Saturday afternoons.
There was once a boy who was awfully fond
of going TO the circus, and his employer, who
was - very good man, said he'd cure him.
So he said TO the boy Thomas, my son,
I'm going to hire you to go to the circus
every night. I'll pay you three dollars a
week. and give you your board and lodging,
If you'll go every night except Sunday but
If you don't go, then yoa won't get any board
or lodging or any money And the boy
said Oh, you can just het II go A" and he
thought everything was lovely but after two
weeks he got so sick OF the circus that he
would have given anything TO be let stay
away. Finally be got so wheched that he
deceived his good employer. and stole money
from him 10 buy school-books with. md ran
away and went TO school. The older he
grew the more he looked back Nth horror
upon that awful period when ne went to the
circus every night. MIR Travers says it
finally had such an effect on him that he
worked hard all day and read books all night
Just to keep it out of his mind. The result
was that before he knew it he became a very
learney aud a very rich man. OF course tt
was very wrong for the boy to steal money
to stay away from the circus with. but the
story teaches US that if we go to the circus
too much, we shall get tired of it, which isa
very solemn thing.
We had a private circus at our house last
night-at least that's what father called it,
and he seemed to enjoy it. 1t happened in
this way. went into the back parIor in the
evening, because | wanted to see Mr.. Ira
vers. He and Sue always sit there. It was
was growing quite dark when | went in. and
going toward the sofa, 1 happened to walk
against a r~ocking-chair that was rocking all
by itself, which, come to lhink of it, was an
awfully curious thing, and I'm going to ask
SOMEBODY about it. | didn't mind walking
into the chair, for it didn't hurt me much.
only | knoc ,ed it over, and it hit Sue, and
she said,
"Oh, my! get me something, quick and
then tainted dead away Mr. Travers was
dreadfulIy frightened, and said,
Run, Jimmy, and get the cologne. or the
bay-rum. or sonnet thing"
So | ran up to Sue 5 room. and felt round
in the dark for her buttle of cologne that she
always keeps on her beareau. | found a
bottle after aminute or two, aud ran down
and gave it to ur. Travers. and be bathed
Su face as we'll as he could in the dark.
and she came to and said,
Goodness gracious! do you want to put
my eyes out :?
Just then the front-door bell rdug and Mr..
Bradford Jour new miuisterj and his wife
and three d tughters aud his son came M.
Sue Jumped up and ran mo the front pirlor
to hight the gas, and Mr.. Travers came TO
help her. They just got it lit when the WIS.,
itors came in, and father and mother came
down stairs TO meet them. Mr.. Bradford
looked as if he had seen a ghost. and his
wife and daughters said,
"Oh my and father said,
What on earth y and mother Just burst
out l'ughlng, and said,
Susan you and Mr. Travers seem 10
ha We had an occident with the inkstand."
You never saw such a sight rs those two
young people were. | had made a mistake.
and brought down a bottle of liquid backing
- the same tn t | bl cked the buby with
that time. Mr.. Travers had put II all over
Sues face, SO that it was jet black, all bat Il
little of one cheek and the end of her Csc.
end then he had rubbed his hands on his
own face until he was like an Ethiopian leop-
ard. only he could change his spots if he
used soap enough.
You could'n have any idea how angry
Sue W : with me-just rs if il was my fault.
when all | did was to go up stairs for her.
and get "A bottle to bring her to with and il
would have been all right if she hadn't lett
the backing bottle on her bureau ana |
don't call that tidy. ii she is II gil. Mr..
Travers WASH t a hit angry; but ne came up
to mp room and washed MS face and laugh-
ed all the time And Sue got awfully AZ
CRY with hin, and sid She would r ia
speak TO ann again after di>gr3ciome. ami
that he ,rtless way. So he way down the
| heard him laughing add and his folks
street, and Mr. BUe had been having -
thought that he'd mother thinks tleIi nev.
minstre shqe house again.
er cOmTather he was 4imost as much anus
3 Mr.. Travers, and he said 1t served Sue
light, and be wasn't going to punish the boy
0 please her. PnI going 20 try TO have an
ave another circus some day. though this
newas all an accident ond OF course. wos
.roadfui'v sorry about II