Smyrna times., 1888-08-01
ROSE QUEENS LOVER.

ROSE QUEENS LOVER.
Jennie Wilson had a great power over
animals Some people have a gift that
way, | am told, and | believe it; for GER
tainly Jenny could do anything with the
widest horse or the iercest dog about the
place think she would have done well
if she had taken up the Lion Queen bust
ness and gone into the cages with the
lions and tigers But then her husband
never would have let her do such thing
He could not bear to let her run such risks,
| know, for he was mortal f0nd of her
though he did treat her shameful some
times when his blood was up. Not that
he ever drank, but he was that Jealous
that he could not bear to have her look at
another man or to have another man look
at her 1t was nard to help that last
though. for handsomer thing on horse
back than Jenny Wilson it has never been
my lot to see. and the people used to
flock to the circus just to see her in her
two acts We called her Mile Zoe from
the Paris hippodrome, on the playbills,
but she was Jenny Wilson from Yorkshire
for all that, and her husband was our
chief clown.
Joseph Wilson wasn't what you would
call a good clown. He had a morose,
hangdog look about him; but he could
make people laugh with his sarcastic
! Jokes and odd ways. and he was a great
hand at poking fun at political characters,
or at anything that happened out of the
way in society or at court lie could
make up things as he went along too,
about people in the audience in a way
that was very taking Altogether. though
have seen better clOwns-that is. fun
nier ones-than Joe Wilson, | never saw
one that could interest people as he did.
| Outside the ring he was as quiet and dull
a fellow as you would wish to see. lie
never drank q drop, was always up to
time at his duties, and if he had not got
ten into the way of going on at his wife,
there would not have been a fault to find
with him do not mean to say that he
ever struck her or kicked her; but he
used to fall into perfect crazy fits Of
jealous rage, all about nothing at all. and
storm and swear at her till he was per
fectly exhausted with his own fury She
would shrug her shoulders and sit by
looking like stone till he had worn him
self out, and then she would walk off
without word. He was always very
would buy her flowers or fruit, or some
handkerchiefs or ribbons, or some other
little thing, to try to make up; but she
cared as little for his presents as she did
! for his furies Half the time she would
turn her back on him and his gifts too
and go off to White DEVILS stall to feeC
him with carrots
Jenny could do anything with thai
horse He was q terrible kicker. and useC
to lash out at everybody that came neal
him, but I've seen her walk up close be
hind him and pat him on the crupper anC
smooth down his long tail, and he woulC
look round at her as gentle and sensible
as u child really believe that the Onl,
happy moments Jenny ever knew weF
> those when she was on his back.
One day Mrs Marmaduke, who was tn
> wife of our bandmaster and the best oil
soul in the world, said to her
Jenny Wilson, how did it come abou
that you. such a good looking lass an
such a rider as you are, ever chanced t
marry such an i'll conditioned tike as Joe
} the clown?"
well. Mrs Marmaduke said Jenny
looking a bit put out at the question, an
throwing back her handsome head d,
family, "when the man one is promised t
!, is dead, and another man comes and say
he is dying for you. what is a lass to dol
And off she went without stopping to sa
or to hear anything more. But after tha
it came out that Jenny had been engage
\, to young man. one Oliver Lybrook, {
Hull. who was mate of a merchant vesse
He had sailed for India. some three veal
before. and had never returned, and fiji
n ally news came that he aad died of cholel
j in Calcutta And so, when she learne
that he was dead she took pity, in an ev
hour for herself. on Joseph Wilson, an
~ consented to marry him.
1t was about a year after this that Y
came to Liverpool, and stopped there
give a series Of performances in the su
, urbs Joseph Wilson and Jenny we
L. both still with the company, and JenI
to. was greater favorite than ever, bot
of with the manager and the audiences. 81
I had invented a very pretty new act to
through with White Devil, called Il
Rose Queen. She hung the handson
creature all over with pink artificial ros
and pink ribbons, and wore ever so MAJ
a. roses on her dress and in her hair, al
she taught him at one point in the ridil
to turn back his head and take bum
Of real roses out of her hand. She W
always the one that had to dress the hor
up-thero was not another person belon
ing to the show that would have ventur
within reach of his heels to plat the pi
n ribbons in his tail AS Cor her husbar
- his temper was nastier than ever, and
tormented his wife beyond relief.
q, was always extra savage whenever
stopped at a seaport town, and was ev
ready then to make himself unpleasal
| used to wonder why the sea air had su
an effect upon him; but he wasn't m
that one would like to question about
own affairs. so | held my tongue
On the particular evening am going
tell you about, sir, the show was m
crowded than ever. 1t was beauti
summer weather, and ever so many sh
had come in all together, and, of cour
the crews were mad for bit of pleasu
and lots of them trooped to the circ
fur The manager had advised Jenny to g
mpt up her riding habit act for that event
puy and to do the "Rose Queen" instead of
red as that was new and sensational,
b OF both she and White Devil looked j
best splendid in it. So as it was July weatl
and roses were cheap and plenty, she fl
basket with them and trimmed 1t
J, with ribbons.
Then they led out White Devil,
5S1s, s;I she sprang on his back, and off they W,
,uar, Round and round, just as if they v
same flying, and the people fairly shouted v
. delight. and the band played it's liveli
But all of a sudden, in the midst of
In music and applause, heard one name
LU tered in a loud. shrill cry-"Jennyp
was just going to feed White Devil \
arFh the roses when this cry came and
rsof seemed to lose her footing and was
Nv in the sawdust and almost under
- horses feet before we could well make
into what was the matter If 1t had
Grid, anybody else, White Devil would
lent stamped the life out Of him in min
scto, sb, but he stopped short and trembled Ii
llve: leaf when he saw Jenny under his he
llity. Several people sprang up in the audie
non- and one man. noble looking fellow
sailors dress. leaped clear over the
rites rier into the ring but he was mad
99e' jump back again. mighty quick, |
rinal tell you, for Jenny was not really
p She was up and on White DEVILS
r,o again and careering around the rim
ILLSs If possessed, before you could say
'geta- Robinson. She was like something {
n'iess' through the rest Of the act. shoutiT
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