The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-11
"SNOWY'S" LEAP.
A Romance as Related by an Old show
MANA Trapeze Performers Peril.

the door was inscribed dramatic
Agency" and the stairway, seen dlmIy
from without, was worn with the
tread of feet and revealed just then q
figure coming down. A moment more
and the sunlight that was setting the
dust Of Union square aglitter with
shining particles shown upon face
that would anywhere arrest atten-
ton. It was not any scar or detect OF
feature, but o certain terrified look
that gave the man the aspect OF one
who had Just seen a specter. The re-
porter standing out uponthe sidewalk
noticed it, and turning to look alter
the owner ofthat strange cOuntenance
saw that his hair was white as snow.
"Odd-looking isn't he?" muttered the
reporter to his companion, a member
of "the profession" engaged just then,
like many Of his fellows, in Micawbor-
like pursuits.
The lounging Thespian looked up,
looked after the receding figure and
said:
"Snowball; yes, he is odd"
"Why do you call him snowflake"
ooh, on account OF his h air, to lie
sure. Didn't you notice it?"
"Certainly. l couldn't we'll escape
it."
"Well, that's the reason ne is called
Snowfall or Snowy. 1t is only a nick
name"
ais he an actOr?"
"No; he is q circus man. | don't
know what he is now. But he usedtO
be in the trapeze and tight rope line.
Pretty clever at his business, too, |
can tell you"
The speaker was dismissing the OBJ
ject of the reporters inquiry with this,
but there was something in the awed
expression of that face, something in
the white locks clustering around it,
that remained in the mind of the
auestiouer like some haunting pres
ence. What an odd face it was for an
athlete and an acrobat? Thoughts OF
Tile VIItiltilNlIS VI GllC cOCSC1 llO Oh CNA
under their grinning masks and pie
bald raiment tragical stories, came be-
fore him, and ten minutes later, when
a burly soul with the girth of q Fal-
staff and the lungs of q Stentor came
along, who could tell the personal his
tory OF nearly every human being who
trod the sawdust on this side of the
Atlantic, he asked him SNOWFALL
story.
What have you heard about him?"
was what the big man said, and then
added solemnly, flew know the truth
about him.
Il know nothing, said the reporter.
1T was hisface that made an impress
sion on me-"
1T we'll might" said the other. "It
is not theface God gave the man. He
was once a Jolly enough soul. But
one nights fright fixed him. He has
worn the look OF terror that is left
upon him for many a year. He will
wear it to his rave. II you care
about it will tell you what / know.
But the narrative is not a cheerful one,
Ipromise you. 'Snowy-we call him
10 " lie i1dIIt, Dlll IIl6 DOKS
calls him SO. Snowy was O trapeze
professor. You see he is a well built,
graceful fellow, even now. But when
be was young he was as graceful q
figure as any one / eve saw in the
business. He was clever, too, and
was among the first who took flying
leaps through space from one trapeze
to the other. When / knew him first
he vas with acircus. He was a great
attraction, too, for when he came out
Iii his trunks and spangels and kissed
his hand aboutt the circle, there wasn't
q girl present that didn't admire him
and look ii too.
There are a good many pitfalls for
ayoung fellow in such a business to
stumble into. But he steered clear of
them. He never drank and / never
heard Of his being mixed up any gall
lantrles. What was odd about him
was the way he used to keep to HIM
self. People believed he was in some
sort OF trouble, or had come from a
good family and was sorry for taking
to a circus life. But he never enlight-
ened them OF his own accord.
Soon after ! came to know Snowy
Ihad the management of a travelling
variety show making q circuit down
last. We had all sorts of attractions,
from song and dance men to ground
and lofty tumblers. There were stump
speakers and banjoplayers and ballad
singers till you couldn't rest. But I
noticed that with the Yanks down
Inere the athletic feats took best, SO
! madeit a point to enlarge that part
o. tie entertainment. That was how
snowy came TO get into my compa-
ny made him an offer. He accept
ed Il and was engaged for the season.
You can imagine that in going
the rounds of these dual country
towns the players are thrown q good