The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-04
ADVENTURES OF 4 CIRCUS.
A wasaeri.s Jussisr IN New Msxies Gets
1nse Trsab1e.

hurry Yesterday afternoon lust at dusk. There
were i've wagons drawn by mules. Two OF
| OF them were covered. and In these the per-
formers rode. Mexicans were driving the
| teams attached to the others. and the whole
party showed signs OF having made forced
march. As they tarried here few minutes for
efreshment a crowd Of idlers gathered around
tho party and made inquiries as to their des-
tination. From one OF the ring men. who APP
peared to DO an American. II Was learned that
tho show had started out few weeks before
with tho intention OF taking in some OF the
towns near tho International boundary. but
that. for one reason or another. It had been
deemed best to get back to Sonora as soon az
possible. Some OF tho bystanders becoming
more inauisitive. tho circus man said:
Il don't mind telling you the whole story
Just Ms IL is. We came over here expecting to
stay tho whole season. We had a fair show.
and at the places where we stopped for while
everything was satisfactory. Up tho road here
Always We came across n curious-lookinR old
fellow who wanted to join us. lie thought he
could make himself useful. We asked him
what he could do. Ho said he was something
OF juggler. and that In tho old days he had
done ono or two comic tricks In a circus in the
States. We didn't have n very big company,
and as he offered to 60 along cheap. we took
him. At the first place we stopped he came out
strong. We had some jugglers tools in our
property wagon. and he made u worry fair per-
formance. After that he did one or two comic
acts which created some merriment We
thought we had made q good bargain. for he
was 2 handy man to have around. He could
take the clowns place very ceverly and as he
was anxious to please and very industrious. he
49," When we moved into Fernandez he worked
Ike slave in putting up tho fonts and getting
ah na IN order ThS rrt night It. ransd hard
Gumor Tho Old man who called himself Hen.
and was loudly applaldsd. Alter this came
Of his comic acts. as he called them There
WAS nothing SO very funny about IL. and It WAS
Sss hs y.e % got
Boys. that's old Jim scoutanH
There vas awhoor In aminute like that Of
drove o. Apaches. and every man was on his
@s Th The bSss Sas o %t ana
screeches. Then one Of the auditors mounted
barrel in the ring and made speech coun:
Ms romarks he proposed that tho circus. DO
given forty eight hours to got across the line.
peH 81 Ths Raa Se fsd
wit Hal hurrah and We bsxa5 passing up In
appeared and we have not seen him since. We
were in such hurry to get on the road that
%s %f but %sh G ma Sn
was Just some frolic OF the boys. or that they
got mao At something the old man said; l
and we never stopped to ask any questions.
When the popuace is after you its .always best
what wo did in this ease; We saw that tho
boys were in earnest ana we lit out. We're
Tho circus got something to eat and pushed
on, An hour later ton men, all well mounted.
rode in and their leader inquired:
Have you seen anything OF a circus?"
When told that it had just passed this way
possible they appsarel to be Vol SATISFIED ST and
all quickly dismounted:
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6 y,n his tine and one OF the bystHnders ven
NOUS slouched ha, cleared his threat and said:
holders and most Of US successial miners r
For moron three years We had q Kind Of an
knew how around camp. One me- day ' sb %an "a
We had good deal OF suspicion Of him. BE-
cause he had shown more'n once that he was
ssd ms %sl sss sa the bsole
We Just got onto him in dead earnest VIC held
to- ws. Gn Sm Of
oi our cooking:, We kept our grub, in a hole in
ths h,sd MN paddock On S the d h Every
the stun ia tho hole all right and lock 1t up md
and when was appointed committee Just
waited waited %p,ii We get , some new lan9r and
into the hole and had the boys lock the door
and kind OF dark and crampol. WAS getting tta
mighty tired OF the position was in, and Z
was aroused from iiStis drowsnoss by feeling
AND uE LET h.Rd fpow
f,lt n
against mine grabbed it, Yelling
We'll, / kicked the lug out OF the way. and
S"ea 1se III hpna with boh Of mine MIL made
That's you. i'm Scou:an. and / know it, He
H Ssm%sS ,h the Sofn wand and to
promissd he would, Aitsr he had fss M gone
ing about it. began TO feol dry. and thought
would take something; but II that enchanted
claim for for rifEkoi He had fer fact There
nothing for mo to do hut to sit sti there and
swear until the boys came around in the morn
they looked at me doubtingly. and one of them them
SAID VIII Ti,h coi sTin Won ,o,er Him and tbo inc
l. but eSaii 500 that was making ;" the case
about twenty feet around under the hill and
into the storohouso. and that when he wanted
anything he Just burrowed for It and took It
away; He kept the mouth OF the hole covered
with brush. l don't know MS would have tried
to follow him out Of That tunnel on my hands
and knees even II had thought Of it:
Wed pretty nigh forgotten about the troubl?
whom this circus came to town. Aon. toward
the middle OF the performance there was an old
fellow who came ont to do some funny business
with the ringmaster. Tho ringmaster had
bottle of wine. and when he want looking the
Old man tied rope to II. After Il while. when
for It, the old man grabbed II and hid It in the
mud, running Off to the other side OF the ring.
Once more the ringmastcr stopped to pick Il
up. splitting cotton AL the time. when the old
man gave his string pull and the bottle slipped
away through the mud like u lizard. That
made mo mad. and all q IL sudden il flashed on
mo. and says to myself:
There amt only just ono man in this world
moan enough to do that trick. and that's old
Jim scoutn1. It is Jim Scoutan.' says l. and
could DO to keep thcrn from wreck Ing the whole
onttit. Jim stampedcd and hasn't been seen