The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

thing in creation to tell viii ch one of then
cvards air the right one. Nam Nance an
nell hev mon time to trade out the five
dollars whence the show air oveN Shucks y
And he counted out and laid &own his
handful of dimes and nickles, and hSzarded
a bet. He bent forward eagerly, AND I'm
consciously stretched forth hand. '%his
here monty air mighty decevin' gamS.
remarked the blacksmith, with an air Of
conviction, as the dealer raked Mr.. Pinsonis
money into his own pocket and walked
jauntily away.
Newt turned about half dazed by the
suddenness of the whole transaction, and
bewildered by the jeers of the by-standers
Just then however, noisy burst of music
from the circus tents gave the signal for the
opening Of the doors; a wild rush immedi-
ately began in that direction, and in few
moments the square was deserted, except
| by the patent-medicine man and the owner
of the big umbrella These jol1ed each other
| loudly and slapped significantly their silver
weighted pockets.
| Newt passed them with his head bent,
| needless of the sneering laugh which they
sent after him. As he approached the
church he saw that Becky had the baby:
| she was holding him up and smoothing the
| plhh CdllCo ShlIlS over his IdU WQlte legs.
Mrs. Pinson looked at him with anunwonted
sparkle in her solemn black eyes as he drew
near, and lifted the chunky Jed in her arms.
She looks lax she did whence war a-court-
in Of her." he thought with a sore pang.
Joe plunged toward him with a sudden
whoop Hurry, paw, hurry!'' screamed
Folly Maria, ''we amt a-goin' to git no seats
lessen we hurry" He put Joe aside roughly
anostrode on TO his wife. His face was set
| hare, though his mouth twitched convul-
| sively
'Lo'd-a-mighty, Newt Pinson, what ais
| yeH' CALCULATED Mrs. Pinson letting Jed slip
from her arms
Noting amt ailin' me ez knows OIL,
| he returned, in dry, harsh voice; 1--WE got
| to go back home 'thout seem O. the show,
thet's all done bet away every cent of
ourn an the childern's circus money on
! fool game o cyards-yander. o Lord
he ended with groan. A single wild vail
burst from Polly Maria and the boys. Then
| they huddled against their mothers skirts
! in mute agony.
! A faint flush passed over Mrs. Pinson's
thin face, and the light faded from her dark
eyes
"'Tain't no diffunce, Newt" she said,
| lightly, catching the baby from Becky's
limp and nerveless arms. "Jes We hitch up,
| quick ez We kin, an les get outn this here
| bigaty town. Me an the Children air plumb
| beat out Wi these stuck-up townfolks, any
| howl"
Newt stared at her in silence, and slouched
away. Her gaze followed him to the rear Of
the wagon; when he was beyond the reach
of her voice she whirled around and blazed
in threatening half-whisper: 'Ef airy one
| n; a nd 10 /, La,
misfortin o. hisn, or bout hanlerin alter
the show; er eff airy one O. We amt tibet
gamesorne an lively lax ez eff they WANT no
sech thing ez a circus, er a clown, er
elphunt in this here Twin workshops We
bawn I'll shet the do in Sam Leggett's face
an cowhide the balance o. We twel We can't
set down fer a weekn'
Becky's rudy cheeks grew pale Eyes,
nav" she returned in a subdued tone.
Yes, maw,' echoed Polly Maria and the
boys, stolidly, not without squeezing back
some ungamesome tears, however, as they
stood in a row against the Baptist church
and watched their father bring around
jimmy and old Badly.
Had they only known it, they might have
seen, while they waited, the Lilliputian Lady
and the Fat Woman go by in shaky hack
with torn curtains, and descend before the
tainleu maps u olle VI VIC ''u0 'ii0"s' D0O
they did not know.
Inc wagon was Vurheu "rounu, UueS
clihioeu over Inc "neels anu se'Uieu '.en-
serves uioer uhe olngy cover, AS 1ney
moved Slowly across the sIienV square
tremendous snouG lroln Vhe Spectators
Wlthln Tue eehu, anu ponlPous laItlaie lIoni
tne prass Danu' ANNOUNCED Una' 'ne "r@no
Entry hau peguh'
Newt stalheu along oesiue the vireu Vcani
ao"ncasI ana nilseraole' I've even Ierg gov
"her lei tne cnl!uerns glneer-caAe' nc
nuttered 10 nllhse!I' as MS nlilu WenV over
ana over Tue lncluehte ol UnaU IaVai halih
hour' ,..,--..-- .;,., 49,. ,.s.
- Culious hilail'y pic'"4ou 'hf.o HiSA'0
around the little campfire MRS. flnson,
| usually silent almost TO taclturnlty, had De-
come all at once loquacious. She painted TO
the family -circle in glowing colors the pride
and wickedness Of town-folks; she pictured
the denunciatory wrath of Brother Skaggs
when he should learn that perfessin MEM
bers of Sloan Church had been inside Of a
circus tent; she related the experience of
sundry sinners who had been overtaken by
divine vengeance while in the very act of
| laughing at the antics of the clown; she
even lifted up her MERCHANDISING some paritc-
ularly fame-and- birthstone promising hymn
tnnes Rocky mindfulof Sam Lepgett away