New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08

He cor LOOSE.


Thr Detroit Free Frefs
Al half mast o'clock Monday morning an aged
compile who had driven thirteen miles TO see the
circus htched their team near tho western ray
market When old Dobbin had been secured they
moved across TO the big tent aud the woman said:
circus nS the World over. We'll 90 slow see every
thing on the outside. aud thcn jog back hum"
"Mebbe well go ~" replied the olt man
"Mcbbc wo won't You soleinnly, promised me
over and over agin before we left hum that you
wouldn't go IN, and shalt bold Won to 1t. wed
look purity IN a circus. wouldn't WEI
Il did u promise nuthin' about side shows" OBJ
served Perry as they edged along with the crowd:
Here's hem wild men OF Bunki9 or baInev-qh, OF
some such place in Europe Pve allus heard
and read of 'en. aud Pvc allus SAID I'd see EN- IL L
ever got "a chance" $3.50
Perry Baker. are you demented !" she as ked.
Z" You let me catch you sneakin' INTO side show
and III never live with yOu another day J!
The dulcet tones OF tho keeper OF lemonade
stand now fell upon their ears, aud the old man was
licking his chops and bearing of IN that direction
when his wife checked him with
What you after nowf FAINT I'VE minutes
since you swallercd pint of cold tea. and you am
"a bit thrstyi Perry, don't YOU undertake. 10 sneak
our OF your solemn promlseP
The couple got along down 10 where tho living
skeleton and the fat woman and the great contor-
ZIONIST held out aud the at the door called ont;
fright this way, old man! THIS is your only
chance to see living man weighing only twenty
wy N comn'p shouted Perry IN reply.
mot a rod-not footP said his wife, rs she
| seized his arm :, =. saba, Lao
It's the fust chance ever had. and 1t may DO the
lastr .
But he didn't 20 In. She walked him aside, lodged
two peanu t-stands, crawled under three wagons,
lust missed "A snake exhibition and held MN up on
the outskirts of the crowd and calmly remarked:
you promised and promised, and now you want
| TO break il. Perry Baker we're goin' bacS mum;
and when We GIT ont past the tol-gate youn VIII
| have n settlement"
What's the harm in circus Mary !" he ar
| gued. ,,..,., Ia
=. It's the principle of the thing. It's settin bad
example and wastn money. Come songl"
"Not rod'
| Let's have one glass of Lemonade
| Not swaller. Perry. You come hence!"
He crossed 10 the wagon with her and she cllmDeo
in While she was lifting herself up lie boil ed and
| when she turned around he WAS gone-mlxed az
| with the circus crowd She stood up and called him
by name AS oud rs she could yell until policeman
ordered her To STOP and then she got down and said
| To boy about sixteen years old; - :,
"Bub | want you TO come with me. MY oio
man has cut loose. and he'll never stop seeing WHO
| men and living skeletons and fat women ana REQ
| lemonade as long as he's got cent left"
"How much'll ye evep
"PIl ave We "a quarter, II we find him. want tc
steal up on him before he Knows II. want 10 IND
him Ia front of the Only boaconstrctor on the hoftf
| American Continent, and want 10 open perform
| ance hich will discount tins circus all holler
| She was last heard vi at the door OF the circus