Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30

81 and now obsequious people were in get
il ting out Of my way; il had been a sui
n tan they could not have avoided me
more than they did.
II Just before got TO Chelsea bridge |
N managed to get the brute little better
Il in hand, anu was thinking OF saving
n away at his mouth, when, OH horror.
II advancing toward ME was the name Of
n Dabchuek in large gilt letters. and
n seated in the front of the cart was NV
n respected parent, who thank goodness,
B was somewhat shortsighted, and not
n Good at making out objects at long dis
n tances
n To have hesitatcd at this supreme
iuucture would be to be lost, so ir
Sheer desperation plunged my reek-
II inc spurs-this expression is used rs 3
smile, OF course into my horses
4 flanks, and flew by my pater like
flash of lightning.
1t viii be seen from this that | was
able 20 keep myself in n saddle, and
when Mr. Manly-how ! envied him
his name-proposedt that | should join
his troupe, as q sort of utility Young
man | Jumped at the offer and was
forthwith enrolled among the company,
having first liant my master half SOW
ereign. which he promised faithfully to
4 return to me, but never did from that
dav TO this
Up to this period was as far off the
wanted thousand pounds as ever; in
fact motaphovically speaking. | was
on The rocks. as far rs coin was con-
cerned. having just one sovereign, a
three penny bit. Two halfpence and y
farthing in my possession.
Ride. indeed! How all the couceit
was taken ont of me! Why. knew no
more OF the business | had taken in
hand than Il baby, but was willing to
learn, which in Manly's eyes was ev-
erything-at least, so he averred, and
| believed him.
What guy | must have looked,
swinging from n revolving crane, with
large leathern belt fastened around
my waist, vainly trying to keep my
footing on an ambIiug 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 Ire have spoken, would have ex-
pressed his contempt fer my perform
ance.
However. [ took kindly enough TO
the life, which suited my somewhat
Bohemian propensities, and got on well
with my comrades, with all OF whom |
was a great favorite.
We were doing a grand tour, week
at this place and that, sometimes to
full houses-canvas-at others to slack
ones.
Now came the turning point in my
life. | fell desperately in love with as
beautiful creature rs Heaven ever
created--a being tall. fair rs lily.
graceful rs Il 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
inc right down good business, some
times to quite fashionable audiences,
for the upper as well as the middle and
lower classes like to attend u circus,
the elders going on n plea OF taking
the children
1t was at one of these performances
luub L lIISb SCI ny Co ou Lu1 Nifihlb1f Al
nv character of n French chasseur, on
his faithful horse.
Her face haunted me at night, and
when she did not come to our show |
felt quite despondent; the world, in
fact, ut such times seemed altogether
out of joint.
| admit it was the height of pre-
sumption in me, a poor professional,
earning q bare subsistence, TO dare to
raise nv 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 Heaven crea-
lures.
| followed her home surrsptitiously
after one of the performances, and
found she lived with her father, n re-
tired merchant, in pretty villa in the
suburbs. where roses grew in wild pro-
fusion, and climbing clematis and
spreading honeysuckle perfumed the
air.
But was rs far off from her as was
of obtaining my thousand pounds
which | wanted before 1 could OBTAIN
my just inheritance.
Fortune, or fate-call it what you
wiIl-came to my aid. however, in o
most unlocked for way, aptly illusrat-
inc the famous lines of the immortal
Shakespeare: There is q divinity that
hapes our ends, rough hew them as
we will.
/ hope have quoted this right, for |
like to be precise; if | haven't, Peri
Wrinkle Dabchuck hopes to be forgiven.
which is all that he can be expected to
say.
Ny chief delight was to exercise my
famous steed up and down the roads in
front of, and contiguous to my Clara 8
home. had bribed n communicative
servant. and learned that my darling 5
name was Clara Vincent.
One bright, sunny morning, when
the birds were singing blithely, and q
delicious breeze, full of health-giving
ozone came from off the sea, was out
with Trumpeter as usual, when just as