The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-20
"SNOWl'S' LEAP.


The Cause Of His Whitehead Hair
and Terrified Lock.
The syn above the door was in
scrihcd dramatic Agency. and the
stusway. seen dimly from withou', WAS
worn " tn tread of feet. and revealed
iu~r then a figure coming down. \
moment more and the sunlight that
wa, scttin- the dust of Union Square
agIitl"r with shining particles shonc
upon Il face that would anywhere arrest
attention. 1t was not any scar or de
feet OF feature. but a certain terrified
lopk that rave the man the a-pcct of
one WHO has iu~t seen a spcctcr. lh"
reporter ~tandin" out upon the side
walk noticed it. and turning 70 looF
after the owner of that -tangc countc
nance SAN that hi, hair Wa, white "a
snow.
odd looking. isn't hc?" muttefed
the reporiY Ia hi> '~omnan'on. a mem
her # I'M pro c>-.on engaged just
then. like MANY OF hi- fellows. in Nj
~cawhcr-hkc pursuits.
The lounC ~ lhespian looked up.
Hooked after the rcccding figure, and
said.
snowfall: yes. hc j. odd"
why do Won call him Nnowball?'
'rOh. on account of hi, HAIR, 10 be
Arc. Didn'tN @ notice it,
certainly. could not well escape
Il"
Nell. THAT'S the reason he i called
SNOWFALL or SNOWY. 1t only 4 mex
name
Il hc an artor2'
.'\o: - a circus man. | don
Know wha, he Is nj n"w. iiut he used
t. bc in The trapclo and ti-ht-rope I'm.
rrc,N clever al his business. too. ! can
tell on
Tie >pcaAcr WIS di~mis>:ng the OBJ
icci of he reporter inquiry with TIM.
tut there WAS something IN The awcd
expression of the face. something IN the
white locks clustering around 1t. that
remained IN The mind of ;h" guc>t'nucr
lii some haunting presence. That
AN odd face it WAS for an athletic ami
IN acrobat. Thoughts oi the Grimald: :
of tn ~:aHc, who carried under lh"lI
Cruunw masks ana pIvbJid ralmcnt
~IraylCai >~lsric.. came before, and ten
minutes later. when a buriy soul with
the r5rih of a Fal>taii and The lungs Of
81 >icnIor. came along. who could tell
thc personal history of nearly every
human eng who irod the Sawdu~t oI
this side al the Atlantic. ne asked HIM
Tor >noWha.Is story.
IN hat have Won heard about him2'
, VA what the hIC man said, and lhrn
added. >o.emnly. few know the truth
about, HIM"
Il know nothing" said the reporter.
alt wa> his face that made an impress
SO ou me
Ill we'll might" said the other. ..ii
i not the face God gave the man. He
WAS once a Jolly enough sou. But one
night fright liked him. He has worn
the look of terror that i. left upon him
Tor MANY a wear. He Will wear IL IL
hi grave. II Won care about il ! will
tell YOU what | know. Bu, III, nara
tive i not a cheerful one. | promise
Sou- 'Snowy-we VIII call him-that
is not his name. but the boys call him
so-Snowy was q trareze performer.
lou see he IS a well-hulI graceful fell
low even now. But when he was
Young ne WAS rs good a figure as any
one / ever saw in the business He WAS
clever. too. and WAS among the fir;
who took living leaps through sra,e
from one irapeze IL the other. When |
irsi knew him he was with a circus.
lie was 4 great attraction. too. for when
he came out in his trunks and spanCle>
and kissed his hand about the circus.
There wa>ni a GIRL present who i dn'
admir-" him, and look il. too.
There are il good many pitfalls for
= Young fellow in such n business 10
stumble into Eut he s,ecrei clear o.
them He never drank. ana have
never heard of his being mixed M in
any ~gallan.r."S. What WAS odd al.out
HIM WAS The WAY he used 10 keen 10
himself People believed he was in
some sort OF trouble. or had come from,
aCood family and was sorry for taSinc
circus .f>- In; he never enlightened
IhrIu II ms OVID accord.
'>oon alter came To know Snowy
had the management OF 4 TRAVELLING
variety sEow making "A circuit down
East- w had all sorts Of attractions
Nm >oac-and-dance IN 10 rr,und
and l"[tN iumbler>. There were >uump
spea~eis ami banjo players and oal ad
SINGERS TIL You couldn't rest. Bu,
noticed that with the Yanks down
there the athletic feats took hes, so |
made il 3 point 10 enlarge that par; of
the en,crta nment- This was how
Snowy came 10 get into my company.
! made him an offer. He accepted il
ard WIS engaged for the season.
Won 4 imagine that in going the
rounds Of these dull country towns the
players are thrown q good deal 10
y Sether and learn mostly everything
about one another. Sometimes they