The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-11-07
tlgrew. perhaps Afr Onslaught wili have some more of the salads

' eS8@S @A&HH& e@AAs O8~40Sk&e SaAa S4&NS some more of the salad"
 "Ah. thank you." said Mr. onslaushs, breathing more freely, under the impres- sion shat the circus men had about run down, there Is peculiarly about the"
 "Yss," saiA-~Naf, Spigoss. suddenly darting in, "there is somSthisE mighty peculiar about the way den and cage an imals are just now developing. Now, there's one of our six musk oxen. He is, actually, sweating the purest kind of high priced musk, and we have fifty girls and seveuty-uine boys all the time en. gagged in bottiing 1t up, We give away bottle with every admission ticket. Have got to get out 400 GOO new, double, super royal, ten. sheet s,reamcrs to advertise the fact. It's big card, you sec"
 "Must be, that's fact" crooned Mir Calkins. balancing with great delibera- tion a teaspoon on his little finger, "uow Ss had, early this spring, a man.e a,ing lion"
 pla1e. xur, there be fire in the third hure!' exclaimed Michael, the coach man, appearing in the hallway door.
 Saved r hisssd Peletiah. through his clenohed teeth, leading the company in a mad rush for the stairway. There was, indeed, dense smoke in that immediate vicinity, but as several ot tho suddenly disturbed diners went up the broad front Staiis, enc of the stable boys stole silently down the rear ones bearing barn shovel holding the dying embers of pile of rags.
 Judson, the two circus men and the Rev. P9'emical Onslaught were half way up ,he stars, when Mir. pet,igrew plue ked his wife by ihe overskir;, who was pre- par.ng ,o follow them, and held her back
 That's only my game" whispered Psletiah, there isn [ any hie up there"
 There isntS' said his wife. b!apkly garlng into the quiztical face of her hus. band what do you mean Don't you smell the smoke2"
 It's all right, tell you sent word out by Janet when she brought in the roast to tell Mike to start talse alarm of fire. thought it was the only ~.y 10 choke of those circus men. We must get them out of the house some way then ii try to explain matters 10 Mir, Onslaught"
 Yes, peietiah we must get Judson to inveigle them of down town
 The '' fire-brgade 'soon returned from the neighborhood of the roof, and reported that they guessed there vas moi any i'm, medl' ,e danger udson said that some. body must have caugh; fire and run out ot,he house. Mir, Spigott commenced to tell his experience in the Milwaukee hotel fire, but pele,iah got him to come over into atar corner Cf the room and look at a new species Of lizlrd in udson's aqua rum. While Mir Petugrew and SpIgo,t were discussing piscatorial matters, Mrs. pettigrew had decoved Jddson into the back parlor and ommsnded him to i'm. mediately take the two circus men away from he house. This the boy earnestly promised to do, and that, at the earliest opportunity. MT. pettigrew aEd Spigoit and j:d.cn ard his mother then loiped the widely divergent Onslaught and Calkins.
 "Well, boys" said Judson carelessly, what do you say to going down town f''
 Al right; I'm agreeable" said Mir. spiPott, rising, and snlling blaudly at Mir. Onslaught. las, then the too spon- taneous amiablli'y of the good preacher oveifowcd it's banks. He said
 "I expect gentlemen in jour profession see great deal Of tho seamy side of l life 2p
 We do, sir" promptly replied MT. Spigott, reseaiing himself, and winking a, Calkins, "we do, indeed, sir"
 That's where you made mis .ake ]" whispered Peletiah into the ear of Mir Onslaught, I'm afraid they'll stick awhile longer"
 The worthy minister saw his gigantic error, bu. s,ubbornly refused to acknowl- 1 edge 1t.
 1 Yes" said Mir. Spigo.,, "I often won- der If the bald-headed old duffer who sits on the top sea, at the night performance ever realizes tha. circus life isn't one universal picnic, with cold ham and bot. tied beer, ou, that it has shady side to il aS well as other professions. These people who thii k that circus life is a kind of sugaT-coaied honey eymoon set to music arc gfopipg around in lhe dark '
 "Yoa must be sure and bring Mrs