Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14


joyment and did not propose to let this |
one go by default Every one was
there, from Elder Atkinson and his
wife down to little Michael Ryan, the
cobbler. and his pinched-loobing better
half Captain Cassell and pretty Alice
Ames occupied conspicuous front seat.
and few rows farther back sat Leander
Rockwell. with Miss Terebinth and her
friend. Hannah Binns. beside her. plain
little seamstress bdy, who had been
asked at the eleventh hour; sooner
than waste the ticket thrifty Miss
Terebinth had said. One by one, the
Unparalleled Attractions had been
put forward: the time-worn clown, the
spangled columbine, the trained ele-
plants, the bicycle-riders aud the
swarthy snake-charmer with the gold
crescents dangling from his ears and
the great glittering stage-diamond in
the front of his turban.
''Oh, isn't it wonderfulrr cried Alice
Ames.
Pretty faIr-pretty fair" answered
Captain Cassell, tapping the ivory knob
of his cane against his teeth. But
those rattlesnakes don't compare in size
to a cobra c0pelIo L once killed in our
tent at Dungapore, when
And the rounds of applause drowned
the end of his sentence.
''Ah. a tiger-taming act,'' said the cap
tain, consulting his programme. 1.-The
Marvellous Signor Mahmelli and his
pupil, Rajah.' Call that Bengal tiger,
do they? / wish you could have seen
that fellow 1 shot that last summer in
the jungles at Eoodah. My sister has
his skin on her drawing-room floor now,
made into a rug. 1t had killed four
men and sacred OK. and the natives
called him The Scourge of the Shore. >
o. yes. don't deny the fellow handles
| him very neatly, but"
AT that second, just when tfe ''beast
| of the tropics" was drowsily going
through with his list of his accomplish
ments, the lash of his keeper struck a
tIif1e sharper than usual, or some other
unseen cause ignited the powder maya
zine OF the animals stum bering saw
agery. With ferocious roar he spranR
forward. telling the keeper with single
| blow of his paw, and leaped toward the
row of tootlights, whose fitful flicker
seemed to irritate him as . red rag ena
| RACES bull
There wss shrek, . rush. moment
or two of wild confusion Ally Ames
uttered a scream. Captain rassel had
turned as pale as a tallow candle.
WED better get out of this" said hs
hoarsely. Quick, quick
But alice, paralyze3 by fear, sat as
still as death.
I'll cast move she gasped. "a
think I'm going Go faint
The captain hesitated , eecond, and
| finally decided matters by taking to his
| heels, with the rest of the hyinf crowd.
Alice shut her eyes with chill shud-
| der; she could not see the tawny death
spring upon her, SUIT in moment she
opened them again 1t the sound of a
| triumphant shout shaS went up around
her.
Leander Rockwell Has in Che arela
| lately occupied by the vanished band,
struggling with the savage monster.
She could see his set teeth the veins
standing out on his forehead the red
| fire in his eyes, and she kneE that il
sas for life or death.
/ .
After ALL said the minister, ''theso
| eircuses are sinful risks to human life.
/ never shall see my way clear to at
tending one again. Suppose that brave
young fellow had been killed before our
face and eyes, in the noble effort he
made to save our lives"
'Golly, though, pa, wasn't is grand1-
said John Henry, the good mans eldest
hope. '''Most equal TO a Spanish bull
fight Every knows shat Lee Rock
| wells the strongest fellew in Durkill
| Four Corners, but the Old tigerd got
| the best of him if it hadn't been for
/ that lick Lee gave him over the head
| with the sharp edge of the cornet tina,
the muslc-men had dropped when they
/ got under the stage, like iigh thing Ii
was as good as a Damascus scimeter,
| Lee says; and, once stunned. it Was
easy enough for the property-men to
| kill him. It'll be an awful loss to the
| circus folks, thought" reheeti7ely added
John Henry. There amt many tigers
| of that size in the travelling ring in this
| country
s-But wasn't it funny, husband" said
| the ministers wife, about Captain
Casselfs being found hiding under the
| manager in the trained ponies stalls,
with the door tightly locked A man
who, according to his own account. has
killed scores OF leopards and half a
dozen elephants in India and is afraid
of nothing I'm told that tho engage
4
| of, and that she is spending week
| with, TerebInth Rockwell The fright
| aad the danger together have nGde poor
| Terehinth quite i'll"
But II the minister's wife had only
known it. Tereb inth was a great deal
bettee, AoW, and she and Ally were busy
making . gown of white Ssrah silk,
with a great deal Of soft lace sad ribbon
| bows about it.
Because" said Ally, laughing. lie
| ander says he soon'f wait-and a man
who can conquer tiger ouehtnt TO be
con traliicted by woman"
You really love me. then9~ said Le-
| alheR.
|. - really love you," repeated Alice
And oh, Leander, / am So very, eery
pro.sd of you,'-Amy Randolph. in N Y.
| Ledger.
PteeinS q Broken. Knee-Joint-
| What is commonly called the knee
cap, writes physician. in the Boston
Herald. Is a small, triangular bone situ-
eted at the front of the knee joint One
Of its purposes is to protect the joint;