Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-26

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with the show, with those two mon laid
out under the seats. l had - bullet hole
through the calf of my leg also, but that
made no difference. | had to do my
funny business all tho same, aud | never
had a more sppreoia.ivc Audience"
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"Whst about that Las Auimas land
slider" some one said.
That's what broke up tho Great in.
ternational and Transcontinental Circus"
said Tallifer. "Dan and l lost each
other after that upheaval, and this is our
first meeting since then. The truth of it
is Just this. We had met with some re.
verses, and business didn't seem to be
first class. Our resources were limited,
and just what to do we did not know.
IF we could only get a woman to join
the party l said one day, we could
make big money 1t was like wishing
for u sacred elephant. Every one said
that a woman would be a great card, but
in a Country where women. were 80
scarce that money could DO rade by ex-
hibiting one in q circus, it was not 30
easy to get one. We all thought the
matter we and gave it up Its no use,'
every one said. Finally after q long per-
iod of silence, l unused: IF we could
only fad q boy, we might ti1 him up,
and he'd do. We have got somewhere
in the packs two or three costumes for
ladies'"
ga capital idea,' was the response;
'but where will we get the boy2
THAT was almost as much of q poser
as the other one, but We made up our
minds that the next young fellow we
came across would have to be Sonora
Somebody or other, and travel with tho
show. We did not have long to wait. At
une of the mining camps where we stop
ped we noticed q slender young fellow
with big eyes and curly hair and q fair
complexion. He was a sort of a hanger
on, and didn't seem to have any regular
business, though he worked around more
or less for the men, and made himself
useful. He accepted our proposition af-
teo a good, deol of persuasion, and we
agreed to go with us when we moved on,
and on his part it was stipulated that
from the time we started he was to be u
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anything of that kind, but re took pains
to gtveit out that we had a lady performer
who was celebrated tho world offer for her
beauty. 1t was q great scheme. The
tent was crowded, not only the first
night, but every night thereafter, the
men coming night after night. The
boy looked we'll in the costume which we
gave him, and under the lights he IN ade
really a pretty sight. The first night, as
soon as he entered the ring, the whole
GRO wd got up and yelled, and then every
man of them made a rush for the centre,
bowling and aaluting him. They all had
to shake hands, and say a word or two,
and get some response. Two or three
times we tried to clear the ring, but I'M
successfully. Most of the men would go
out, leaving a few behind, who, improv-
ing the opportunity, would engage her in
conversation. Then the others would
straggle back again, until the hubub was
as bad as ever. They all had to tell her
they came from, how
many sisters they had, the tender
they entertained for them, and
two or three even went 30 tar as to as
sure her that they had mothers back in
The states somewhere, as if she might get
the impression that they had grown on a
sage brush on the alkali plains. We
persuaded them to leave, and,
with many a God bless you2' and Just
call on me If you get scared, they re-
,umed their seats. This sort of thing
vent along for a week, and VIC were look
.ng upon our fortunes rs made when
came upon us.
II LANDSLIDE.
Zone Of our greasers got ugly, and,
Alter a fight or two with different men,
bers Of the company, we dismissed him.
He then circulated the report that our
ady was neither more nor less than a
BOY picked up on the border, and that
we had been playing a mighty
trick on the camp. A dele
CATION was sent to US to make in
JURY, an in and evil hour, believing
mat we might as we'll pull up stakes and
on any way, | admitted that the
performer was a lad. The men vent
away laughing'y, and we thought nothing
would come of 1T. We determined, how
over, to move on, and that evening we