Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-20
A erRcu. ROMANCE.
Texas Si0incs.l
Il vsnta buncis of old papers"

Texas Siftincs.
Il wsnta hunc.s of old papers"
ell, What do Won want them forfn
veil, you seq, after We get th-ou2h
reading them, We feed them TO the only
E2yptian BJyaitpas 10 clear his so.s-;
pe-ieies, tie p4isn medicine advertise
neats In the Papers purify his system
an prevent him from contracting the
cniiis and other malarial attractions you
nave down here in Texaa,s
You seem to be connected with the
circus.''
Yes, I travel with the circus. How
did you come to find it cut? Who gave
me away!n
Just guessed it,
well, you must come around and -
our curiosities. You may not have the
curiosity to see them, but We have the
curiosity to SHOW"
10 what curiosities do you rsfer9"
I'VE have got = living skeleton Who is
thinner than the defence in the star
rosie cases. He il 30 thin that vhan
We were IN Georgia he received IN in
meuse POPULAR applause, beinR mis-
taken for Alex. Stephens Then ve have
got q TAT girl VINO kicks the boom % SO
poands. 1 mean. heurAtively speaking.
VI course, she couldn't kick mp At oil.
and she wouldn's do it il she could.
That brings out ali the latent nodesty
th-re Is III q person"
"Hov long have you been travelling
With . circus?"
MOT very long, but don't You pat any
OF these statistics in the Texas S1t6sgs.
She il very musical, but Of course she
can't get olo0s enough to piano 10 play
on il. % shs has ~ sss OF and s;1Ixo
the keys with Q oouple Of crOQuet NAL
lsts. LIS wonderful, wondsrfui.'
"She muss, then, be = contrast 10 the
living skslston."
"Shs il; but the funniest part of it u
that As bs9an 10 pay her attentions, and
finally he fell in love vita her, and Of
fsred her his hand skslsSon hand; end
told her he would stand between her
and the storms Of adversely. Just think
of it-she a. big - one Of these water
tanks you So on the railroads, and -
only weighing 6 pounds whom he has
got IN ovsrcOat ON. But he Vxs in dead
earnest. He told hsr thai if che would
be his she would nsvss regret is; THAI he
never knew what love vas until he saw
her"
"How did she take it?''
.'She Just laughed ut him. The idea
was 40 comical that it put her in . good
humor, and she laughed and grew fat.
TIE more she laughed, the fatter she
got, and the circus has increased her
weight in Q few weeks"
How did the living skeleton take itV'
'Poor fellow, it nearly killed him.
He fell of one pound and half in two
weeks. That's not ~ big falling Of
HI the Republican vote IN Ohio, bus u
ia right smart for A man only weighing
GO pounds after square meal. He has
never smiled since tnat day whom, on
attempting to ensircle her waist with
lis anatomical right arm, she threat
sned to sit down on him."
'"They are thrown . great deal to-
gether travelling on the cars"
II should say they were thrown TO-
gether q good deal On these Texas rail
roads, but they were thrown more 10
gether yesterday, about fifteen miles
from Austin, than they have ever bsen
before. They were in the Same car with
lot Of other curiosities, and there vas
. break down on tho train"
do You mean Niger dancer"
mo, mean a smash up. Their car
stood On one end, and remained that
way, all tho occupants, according 70
tho laws of gravitation, being jammsd
together. was afraid everybody was
killed. Mr.. Doris, one Of the prspris-
tors, was nearly crazy. for fear some
one of the midasts and the fat woman
had telesoopsd. 1t was dreadful. The
living skeleton was jammed up in one
corner with tho fat girl and two midR-
cts on top. l should say they were
thrown into each others company some,
but toe living skeleton didn't mind it.
He said that the half hour spent in her
company was the happiest In his life.
We palled him out through the window,
but We b I'd the mischief of time GET
ting the fat girl oat-had TO lift her ont
with derrick"
do 700 think shs will ever look upon
tho living skeleton otherwise than - .
brother"
"She hates him worse than svsr.
Poor devil. !.fssl sorry for him, but ne
fats in the hre now. after what he did
this morning."
"Well, you see, he thought abe would
love him II there was not guoA con-
What do you think he did5"
Don't know"
"He bought bottle Of Anti-fat rome
DIV and gave il 10 her. That hurt her
feelings. She imagined that hs msaat
to intimate that she vas too fat 10 -
good looking. She tried 70 oatch him.
IL abe had shs would have sat down on
him, certain, bat il vas like GOV ny
ing to oAtoh mouse. He avoided hex
for the first time. Jee whillikins.
vvaopsk ahA v,,aAv
just Of this crisis the noise of brass
band vas heard, and the CIRCUS man,
gathering up his bundle Of old papers,
skipped across the street, toGDed them
up 10 the shabby looking driver Of the
gilt edged chariot. On the top OF which
roasted the $4,000 bsauty-apd that
was the last " aaW Of him.