The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-03-07

have a flower in her coffin. yvbiah ~
look strangely out of place. "a na.
or came into married life.
Twice she made feeble atto,n
bring some cheerfulness into
home. She worked her hnshana egl
OF slippers for Christmas. and Mo- ~
bunch of snow drops on the tahs,
Easter. He grufly told her fo Az 4
away, and not inkeridge the uss,Sa
woman by bringin' SIGH popisb notSs.
INTO the house" The country Co.
barns, tayerns, rocks and IanSsns
were one ablaze with flaming noss.
announcing the coming Of 4 tra~sr
circus and menagerie. She oagas
those pictured wonders, on the moots h
paredies, pathetic camels, rennIs;s
serpents, leaping tigers, flying COM
complReent fat women, bus6v.
frauds, dissatisfied Albinos. pom,ss
dwarfs, sunshiny giants, the d.
COW Of Burmah, and the BehemmM
scripture. Her very soul ached All
an intense longing to behold thosa Ms
entail animals from far away troriss
countries, from "Afric's burning sahds
had read in the Bible and in sTsse
Henry and his Bearer" Was II noss
bic that those huge, ungainly eIepbsrs.
could stand on their heads, planks asi
barrels, play tunes on hand-orcans AVA
do other un- dreamed-of things periaM.
ly unnatural and unpleasant 10 an II.
plant? Was it true that horses waltgss
and dogs hung each other? That !
woman could be shot from a caunos
and a tattooed man walk shiyerineT
about clad only in his cashmere ss;n
and gauzy beings fly through hoops \
fire over the backs of horses that lad Il
/ make up their minds to stand it7 Il
J was wonderful. q fairy tale, a myth per-
haps. Everything was reversed, thel
uses of the riders, the clown in the rne
the ideas and trunks of the elephants
Seeing was believing, and shs wanted
oh, how she wanted to 60! 1t wouldN
the M great pleasure, the one grand
epoch of her dreary life. Only thos.
who have been forced to remain in I'll
unvarying routine of hard work, carl
and unending monotonY, can Al
preciate the happiness it would be ID
this down-trodden little Yankee wons
to go to the circus. She read on
brilliant posters that people, pff
and pulpit commended this great moi
show, unparalleled in grandeur
magnificence, and hat nothing was 81,
seer or done that could offend the tmt
moral and fastidious person Tok
sure the lions Herald had not ADV
tised it, and she had not yet heard It'll
dorsed by their own minister 'FRONT.'
pulpit. But one minister differeth fin
another minister in opinions, and if dA
one attended the circus, surely
could. She had no money, and
afraid to ask for any, or to breach ap'
subject to her husband, fearing his
position. She remained awake at MP
wondering If she was q wicked, desA
ing woman for not mentioning her
sire, and where she could find meankS
accomplish it. This was the
time she had ever plotted. Do
first time she even dared
strike out for herself. 1t showed
keen was the yearning for a
brightness to come into her cold
cherries life. She knew it wa USE
to ask for any of the egg, butter, cbFs
or milk money that she had earaH
She arose two hours earlier the NJ
morning, did much of the housewq
and while her husband was drInFs
molasses and water in the hay field,
slipped away on pretext and VILE
feet: and under the burning Aug
sun. with hands trembling and hfI
beating with hope and excitement,
picked five quarts Of berries that ufa
sold at the hotel In S. Inc lES
day with the coveted money held tiH
" in her ungloved hand, she hurrleF
climbed into the wagon of a neignE
who had called by her request, 70
nv her with his wife and children TO-
circus, all joyful at the unusual holdf
How her heart beat, how her LIN
shook Once off and out OF view
the bayfield,, she would breathe Het
One taste of pleasss*
and il was hers forever, no matter v
happened afterward. They turned Il
corner and a man appeared on the 81
ty road. It was her husband, ~
there by one of those malicious cnancE
that sometimes 'sthwart the Wills
men, and women. He stopped fnei
Explanations followed. 1T IS
money. Ididn't take it from the n0asI
I earned il yesterday q lai.e1eI
holding up her toil-worn, fhol]
scratched hands. 1t was her only n
peal, and it fell mute upon her quife|
ing lips, as he sternly ordered ner
"get down" She ought not TO nkJ
got down, and we are sorry to say "
she did. But she is meek and goos
and she ssobeyed" with her eyes ~
heart full of tears. He walked nn a
lentingly by her side to the house 4 Z
took Der hardiy-won bits Of silver 3
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