Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
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smile. of course into nv horse
TANKS, and flew by my pater like 4
flash of lightning.
1t will be seen from this that I was
able to keep myself in a saddle. and
when Mr.. Manly-how / enyied him
his name-proposed that should Join
his troupe, as sort of utility Young
man, jumped at the offer and was
forthwith enrolled among the company.
having first lent my master half 4 SOW.
ereign. which he promised faithfully 10
return to me. but never did from that
day to CHS.
Up to this period was as far off the
wanted thousand pounds as ever; in
fact metaphorically speaking. | was
on the rocks. as far as coin was con-
cerned. having just one sovereign, a
three-penny bit, two halfpence and a
farthing in my possession.
Ride. indeed! How all the conceit
was taken out of me! Why. knew mo
more of the business l had taken in
hand than baby, but was willing to
learn. which in Manly's eyes was ey-
erything-at least, so he averred. and
believed him.
What a guy l must have looked,
swinging from a revolving crane, with
large leathern belt fastened around
my waist, vainly trying to keep nv
footing on an ambling horse, now dan
Cling behind his tail. anon pirouetting
before his eyes, which, however, did not
blink. The brute was used to these
kind of exhibitions. and, no doubt.
could he have spoken, would have ex-
pressed his contempt for my perform
ance.
However, | took kindly enough to
the life. which suited my somewhat
Bohemian propensities, and got on we'll
with my comrades, with all of whom I
was great fayorite.
We were doing grand tour, a week
at this place and that, sometimes to
full houses-canvas- others to slack
ones.
Now came the turning point in my
life. fell desperately in love with as
beautiful creature as Heaven ever
created-a being tall. fair as lily,
graceful as q gazelle, eyes liquid blue,
hair golden, and the sweetest of faces.
angelic in expression.
Our company had pitched their tent
at Bournemouth, that queen of Hamp-
shire watering places, and we were do
ing right down good business, some-
times to quite fashionable audiences.
for the upper as well as the middle and
lower classes like to attend q circus.
the elders going on plea of taking
the children.
1t was at one of these performances
that | first set eyes on my divinity, in
my character of French chasseur. on
his faithful horse.
Her face haunted me at night, and
when she did not come to our show |
felt quite respondent; the world, in
fact, at such times seemed altogether
out of joint.
l admit it was the height of pre-
sumption in me, a poor professional,
earning q bare subsistence, to dare to
raise my eyes to such loneliness; but,
after all, love is universal, and does
not stop to ask permission upon whom
it shall be bestowed, for it laughs at
locks, bolts and bars, and is, excepting
death, the one thing common to the
highest and lowest of Heavens crea-
lures.
followed her home surreptitiously
after one of the performances, and
found she lived with her father, a re-
tired merchant. in a pretty villa in the
suburbs, where roses grew in wild pro.
fusion, and climbing clematis and
spreading honeysuckle perfumcd the
air.
But was rs far off from her as l was
of obtaining my thousand pounds
which | wanted before i could obtain
my just inheritance.
Fortune, or fate-call it what you
will-came to my aid, however, in a
most unlocked for way. APPLY illustrate
ing the famous lines of the immortal
Shakespeare: There is divinity that
shapes our ends, rough hew them as
we will"
| hope have quoted this right, for I
like to be precise; if l haven't, Peri
Wrinkle Dabchuck hopes to be forgiven,
which is all that he can be expected to
say.
My chief delight was to exercise my
famous steed up and down the roads in
front of, and contiguous to my Clara's
home. l had bribed communicative
servant, and learned that my darling's
name was Clara Vincent.
One bright, sunny morning, when
the birds were singing blithely, and a
delicious breeze, full of health-giving
ozone, came from off the sea, Twas out
with Trumpeter as usual, when just as
l was before Clara's door, q German
band struck up a march which our
band usually played during my per-
Torrance.
Without moments warning Trum-
peter stood on his hind legs. fighting
the air with his front ones, and | rolled
ingloriously into the road.
Picking up my hat with his teeth. the
intelligent creature galloped home,
leaving me insensible and suffering
from conclusion of the BRAIN
learned afterwards that Clara saw
the accident and had me conveyed into
her house, which proved veritable
heaven to me.
am now her husband, and the pos
SCISSOR of twenty thousand pounds,
while my name has been changed to
Vincent; for, on hearing my story and
the story of our love, her father adj
vanced the necessary thousand. and
came into my fathers fortune: so the