The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-16

delight. and the band played its lleeliest
BIT all OF a sudden. in the midst OF the
music and applause, heard one lame ut
tered. in loud shrill cry" Jenny She
vas inst going 30 feel White ncri! with
che roses Whcu this cry 'ni9r ana sac
,eemed 10 lose hcf fo,ting alt was down
, the sa,vdus, and utmost under Tie
horso's feel before ws could vel. make on,
what was the matter II ii had been
anybody else White Devil would nave
stamped the lifc ont OF him In minute
brt he stopped short and tfcmbled like u
eaf when he saw JENNY under his hoofs
Several people sprang M in the audience
and one man. noble looking fellow In q
sailors dress iesped clear over the bar
ricr into the ring but he was made e
Jump back again mighty quick cat
tell you. for Jenny was not really hurt
She was up and on White Devils back
again and carcering around the ring a
If possessed. before YOU conld say Jach
Robinson She was like something Graz,
through the rest Of the net shouting &c
the horse. and stamping Oh tue saddle
and tinging her roses this w2y and that
Joseph Wilson was standing in his
clowns dress waiting to go on wLeu
Jenny came of She sprang 10 the ground
and made at him like fury Her face
was as white as death under her rouge
and Der breath came in quick. heavy
pants as though she were going to burst
blood vessel
Joseph Wilson wre;ch-liar-trait
or" she cried. do goa know who Is h
the bouse tonight? The man that You
told me was dead. the man whose letters
gou've intercepted. Us you did mine 10
him There he is-Oiver Lybrook-
alive and well, Oh the front row Oh, yes
be has come back-nOt from the grave
for be never was dead, alive and well
and loving me Just the same as | love
MIN And | Am your wife She
stopped short, hlsPiug for breath
The wretcbeG man looked this way and
that. and he tried to slink away, but
Jenny grasped his shoulder with her firm
it'll. hands, that had a grip like steel
Answer me, Joseph Wilson Why did
you lie to me and break NY heart by false
news Of Oliver Ly brook $ deathy'
II loved you. was all that Wilson NUT
tered She flung him from her with a
CIV Of wrath and scoFn
And off she rushed without so much as
looking at Wilson again He caught al
ner dress md tried to stop her, but the
hin stuff tore to pieces IN his grasp, and
she got away
she has to change her dress any way
Joe. Tor the next scene, ! said. wanting
TO console him. for never saw one look
50 cast down as he was lie never said
word. bat drew himself up with long
breath. and went right out into tine wing
for il was his turn, YOU see, TO 60 on
he was more entertaining than ever
that night, to INV surprisc-inade more
Jokes and told more funny stories than
thought he knew And he cut capers and
made faces. and set all the people in o
roar AT last the horses we're led out fot
the next act. which was The Field Of the
Cloth Of Gold. and ali our best horses
we're In 1t. White Devil, Of course in
cluded
Now. gentlemen" cried Wilson, III
show You the best trick yon ever saw in
your life So he walked right up to
White Devil and caught him by his long
tail aud swung all his weight on It, bead
ing down his head as he did 50. II was
done so quick we could not stop him, and
before any one of us could jerk him away
the horse had dashed out his terrible hind
hoofs and it was oil up with Joseph
Wilson The kick took him right in the
breast and knocked him over senseless
and dying in an instant We got him out
of the ring and into the dressing room
and be lived for perhaps a quarter Of al
hour. but be never spoke word or even
opened his eyes again before he died II
was Il queer way of committing suicide.
but then Joe always had queer ideas
Jenny kept on with the circus as usual
but Lybrook was always hanging around
and though she would have nothing to
sag to him for a long time on account OF
feeling remorseful for Joes death, we al!
saw pretty soon what was going 10 hap
pen they we're married Yesterday, sir.
and Mrs Lybrook has given up the show
business for good and oil Frank Leshe's
illustrated