The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-01

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| shortly.
4How will 1 look? Among all the nice
| riders, too?"
Pooh. Just you sit up straight. The
| horse knows what to do. You must let
| your horse alOne-he's been in tue ring
| eight years-you couldn't put him out II
you'd try"
The proposition set Dicks pulse throb-
| bling. He experienced feeling Of mex
pressible joy. He-he was going to ap-
| pear In a circus-as a circus rider
among the elegant ladies and finely
! dressed knights with helmets and lances.
The helmets and lances were lying
about the dressing room now. Some Of
| the riders had placed their helmets on
! their heads; they looked magnificent.
| Dick had never beheld anything hun
! dredth part as grand or gorgeous. Would
/ he be a
| Just then Ben broke In upon his specu-
! lations Dreams vanished in an instant.
| 81 say, Double Dick. come along with
| memo; stay here till bring my wife
no. how the deuce am I going to manage?
| see now; well, go to the ladies' dress
ing room, AMI I'll call her out"
| Dick followed Ben. A few people
| loungers and drivers-saw him with Ben,
| and made way for him. Then he re-
membered he was still in woman's attire,
! fact that he had wholly forgotten.
The loungers thought he was young
lady.
"See here, Double Dick, I'm going to
try to help you all can. You keep mum
sing low-don't talk till / tell you to.
| You'll go on In the grand entry, and I'll
see how you do. You'll go on just as
you are"
an there Mr. BROWNE"
aDdn't just tell you! Just as you
are. I'll fix you up a little"
Ben had the parcel out now. Pro
ducing some pins and paint and puff
powder, and brilliant scarf-an elegant
scarf it was, with fringe foot long and
| gold borders-he proceeded to adjust the
scarf on Dicks shoulders and about his
waist, all the time talking.
You see, women are scarce, and q
nuisance when they're fit for anything,
with their airs. If my wife was like
some of 'em, we'd make thirty or forty
dollars a month more-but there isn't
many like Kate Brown. And don't
| Bucket and Mitchell know it? Oh, no!
l guess not. There. A little-just a
| trifle on the left cheek-and a little pow
! der on the forehead and nose"
Ben was putting carmine on his cheeks
and lips-daubing his face here and
there, and talking, all the while cycling
! him critically.
"By George! You're stunning beauty,
my boy-youll fetch the house down,
! you will"
I'm ashamed of this dress, Mr.
| Brown"
whats the kid talking about?" in
quired a valiant knight with visor down,
| as he looked at the artist and his subject.
"Boy. do you know I'd give a hundred
| yes. I'd give a thousand dollars if l could
make up as you look. I'd make it pay. /"
Dick looSad at this knight in amaze
ment.
q guess you'll do now. Dan. tell Moss
to have Whitley ready for this lady"
Dick started He was called lady
! by Brown.
Nov, stay where You are until l tell
! you to mount"
Then Ben Brown proceeded to dress
himself. Meanwhile Dick looked at the
1 curious scene about him.
Some of the knights in full dress were
sitting on camp stools and trunks read
ing newspapers or novels. The band
near at hand somewhere were trying
their instruments. Everybody seemed
though they were sitting at their fire.
side. Here and there knight whiStled
or hummcd tune. Beyond, he heard
the lions roaring-the keepers were
/ stirring them up
1t was wonderful the way Ben became
a knight. He was dressed in two min
uteS, seemingly. Ben was the quickest
man in the company. He stood before
Dick presently looking like giant.
"Here you are, now-here's the
horses
The horses were brought in trotting,
neighing. They champed their bits and
tossed their heads up. Ben singled ont
| a white horse-a very intelligent animal
and helped Dick mount him.
"Now, then. You'll ride with me first,
then you'll do just what the horse does.
And these were his sole directions,
| The band blared; it was a tremendous
blast Dick heard thousands of voices,
thousands of feet coming into the
monster" tent. He did not know
whether he was dreaming-it seemed
like wonderful dream to him-when,
the ladies with saSheS, and the knights
with ribbons on their lancrs. swarmed
around him, got into lines. and then all
moved forward ont of the tent, that
served as a meeting ground, into the
monster pavilion.
He saw nine ladies who looked prin-
cesses, attended by ten gallant knights.
Yes. there were Just ten. The multi
tudo in the pavilion cheered as they rode
into the great ring. and around II.
Dicks eyes blazed with excitement
The band hlared, the crowd hurrahed.
the horses began TO trot, and then Dick
was in heaven. Around they went
then the horses formed in lines in tours,
with outriderS-then in twoS again
then they all stretched across the ring
in line a knight and a lady altcrnat-
ing: then the ladies formed line, the
knights a line. the ladies another, the
knights another-then they wheeled
thus. five ahreaSt-broke into circles of
ten-broke again single file-came up
solid, ten ladies facing one way, ten
knights another.
Now Dick discovered the people looked
at him more than at any Of the others,
unless 1t was Mrs. Brown. He heard
the women and men praise his beauty
he was princess, too-he was the tenth
and had been counting only nine until
now.
Why. it was as eaSy-as easy as riding
the colt at GAINESVILLE PoorhouSe.
Then, at sign from the elegant gentle
man with the whip. The knights and
princesSes trotted out of the pavilion
and Dick drew a long sigh.
Ben was at his side in an instant.
"Iou'H go on again with Kate Just
foil: just sit up, and let Whitley go his
own gait"
There was an interval Of four or five
minutes; then Dick and Mrs. Brown
rode cayly in together, and Mrs. Brown.
as the Queen of Arabia" performed
some very fine featS on a horse with
plenty of mettle in his heels Whitley
was doing all manner of awkward things
reversing things generally and max
ing people laugh,
There was roar Of laughter and
Dick behcld a grotes4ne figure flying
across the ring in front OF him. Now