The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-05

cIrcds is coming 10 Heidelberg. I wish YOU
would stay and take me. 1 have never seen q
| eircus.s
impossible. 1 cannot be back here for
three months at least.n
"Whnt a pity" said Margery.
The shadows which had darkened the roses
seemed to have fallen on Mr.. JOIN Sherman's
face and he looked unusually grave as he left
the y Dung girl that night in Fran Morgen-
Stern's parlor.
Grand combination circus English,
French and American" Three weeks before
men came 70 put up the bills- Three
days before others came to engage rooms,
and one exciting evening an extra train
brought the men, women n children, tents,
animals and monstrositiss.
sit is most marvelous!' said Frau Zip, re-
turning from market. cit Is like the emu
peror's birthday. So many peopleI"
An American, French and English circus
was an event In Heidelberg. Every one went,
even the little crown prince of Sweden, with
bis tutor. Frau Morgenstern saw no impro-
priety In taking her young ladies.
There were the usual feats Of strength and
agility, the usual marvellous leaps through
tho air. the trained. horses who danced a
quadrille. the elephants, the giants, music,
spangles. sawdust, and lemonade sold In the
corners
Astrange feeling came to Margsry that
nisht-a feeling of something familiar and
OF something forgotten She could not I'M
derstand it.; but when Timothy Twycrass
made his grand flourish Margery loossnsd q
knot of ribbon from her hair, tied 1t around
a white rose she wore in her dress, and threw
the rose at the clowns feet, He picked 1t up
AMI stood quito still 1t was Just then hat
Frau lips daughter Sophie said to her
mother: Somehow he looks like Mr.. Sher>
man. Tho resemblance was gone in a mo-
ment, and Frau Zip, looking In the direction
of Sophie's eyes, said: "Child, what nonsense.
you are near-sighted; you should wear
glasses"
r Morgenstern fortunately did not OBJ
servo Miss Margery's action,
As the crowd passed out, two women with
shawlso over their heads stood at the door.
They looked curiously at Mnrgery. "She's
grown a beautiful young lady, Spkey,n said
Mile. Elise Viviani. It's better for her never
to have known the likes of u.s."
"And to think she should have thrown
Timothy tho rose, and her never knew himfn
said Sukey. "And her looking so pretty
with her eyes all afre. 1t was lucky for
Tim he did not have to go out again. He
couldn't have done q thing. never did SEQ
a man so overcome.n
When Uncle Jack was again in Heidelberg,
Margery told him the story of the circus man
and the rose.
81 couldn't keep it, said Margery. 81
knew Frau Morgenstern would have scolded,
but just then l wanted to give that clown
everything l had in the world. What made
me feel SO, Uncle Jacki 1 didn't know him.
You are not angryf' asked Margery, for
Uncle Jack had turned away his head; but
probably that was only to look at the yellow
kitten playing in the grass
Then came more happy school days, the
happy six months in the house with the
balcony looking toward the castle. and the
happy wedding with the spring blossoms and
the pansy-decked bridesmaids at the church
of the Holy Three Kings.
Robert Brown lives sometimes. in one
European city, sometimes in another, work
ing in the hospitals and advancing in
his profession When Margery finished
with her booirs,n Uncle Jack finished with
his business" as he had promised himself
that Easter afternoon at st. PauPs- Neither
Margery, nor Frau Zip, nor Sophie nor even
Robert Brown ever knew that John Sher-
man. professor of gymnastics in one of the
English colleges, was once Timothy ivy
Grass, "world-renowned clown and tumbler"
of the Royal London circus.