Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-08

tue Wbotc 'NlskN W hsa-oh s"ose
one morning Ia hnd the fences aud barns
covered With illuminated show bills-
BARSUES GREAT AMERICAN SHOW !
va. printed in large capital. q, the top
While the show bill. themselves h.d life
.iIed picture. Of "Bga.lo Bill" and bal
ls, girls.
Nov In Hudson there were ,~o boys.
,ha, knew who eoaldh', 20 To the show
They ~sr, my.elf.-Hauy J.mss,-.nd
Fred Foster
"oh. II | could only 10 10 the show J"
| ..id TO Fred. =. We were .dmiring the
posters
"wsll. ".aid Fred" | can't 20, for
my mother !. poor. have 70 work from
morning until nigh, 10 order ,h., We may
have our daily bread"
III don't suppose my father will ls, me
10. because. am the ministers sou.
Oh. II | were only the .on Of poor L..
borsr. | nigh, then participate 10 pleasure.
thu, other boy. enjoy" aud | "a, do~n
by the roadside. and almo., cried.
"Oh. come now. Hsrry." said Fred.
"D1n', feel bad. Psrhap. your father
will ls, you 10. And besides the show
don, come until nsI, Monday. and to-
day !. only Tas.i.y; and you'll have
pleniy Of time TO gaia your fathers per.
mission"
That noon. a, the table. my father.
after hi, usual prayer. said 10 my moth.
er:
"wifs. l think show. ate bad ,hins.
for the young" aud be looked hard 81
me. III understand th., one comes nex,
Monday | am very sorry too for nov my
usual meeting will Le broken up"
I ate away. .lnOs, crying. for nov
felt sure my father would 20, let ms 10.
And while eating . terrible temptation
entered my bead. li..id Ran a'rdy 7
G0 % a. A0p
A,l.si. ja,,. bad 20, nearly through
eating. | .aid
Father II yOa please, ! would like to
10 to the show. Moaday."
Ny father took OF bis glasses. +. was
hi, won, when speaking and said
I'll am sorry that | have = 'on. Who
~i,he. to ~ to . shos. What would
the people ,.y' Why, they would say I;
"Hs. the minister, ,oi. ,h., wen, to
the show -
A moisture blurred my syt'ish,. and
~lihOu, . word | LEI, the house. hunt.
ed around for Fred q li,e q while. and a,
las, ! found him a, hi, f.vOri,e oceupi.
iion.-~bi,ews,hing.
"fred." said. III am sOips to run
away"
"None,snse !" exclaimed Fred.
"Ys,. | am. and you. Fred Foster.
cin', make me change my mind. l.hsll
no, stay here any longer. because my
father said be didn't wan, me to 20 20
the show. guess | will join Barnums
and travel under the nom De plume OF
the Eastern Acrobat '
"l'll be jisgered!" :" exclaimed Fred.
III believe you would nave . frs, rate
acrobat. You can bes, all the boys In
The village At IL. And only the other
day, Peter wkihkley, the deacon, said
yoa would end up in = show. he
thought"
wh., Fred said pleased me very much T;
for. like mos, boys liked a,,,ery.
Thanks for your eomplimsnt Fred.
Ba, goodbye. II don't see you again.
And | strollsd off and sAt down in the
park, and pulled well worn novel ou!
Of my pocket. entitled; "The Young
Acrobat" Jus, n I had settled my.
self in 40 easy position. q heavy hand va,
laid upon my shoulder. jumped up and
found myself face to face with Deacon
Whinkley.
| tried to stuff my novel in my pocket,
bu, be hele oa, hi, hand and s,ernly de.
mandsd thA, | should give !, to him.
Very shamefseed did as be requested.
Snow, young man. come and si, thee
down beside me"
We seated ourselves on one OF the
benches. and the deacon put bis sl.'se,
on and read the title t.
"Ahem, Young Aerobaf -.
lie then read this sentence -
"'Diek VAS jolly boy. aud ss full oi
the devil ~ mos, boys are q. the age ol
fiteen'-well II that Aint the wost thing
I ever heard on 1! And you. the minis.
ter's son, resrdins |, ~
OF course I couldn't say anything tc
defend myself. The Deacon leetared m,
for . good half hour. bu, q, last went
away. and left me In meditation.
"Shall ] run away from homer
asked myself.
Conscience said "No, never J"
While the tsmpter said: eyes. run
away. and enjoy yourself"
I felt siek at heart, and how I whiled
that afternoon away is . mystery to me
Tea time arrived, and a. I eat down a
the table. realized that perhaps Il would
be the last time | would ss, With my
parents. The thought made me feel bad
and I grew pale. Ny mother noticed H.
| and vished 10 know IN I vas sick. "Ot