San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-26

the CRATER began TO pepper back, rathet
regardless OF the promiscuous crowd.
skipped off TO the gold chariot at one side,
got behind a big wooden angel on one
corner of it, and staid there where ! could
look out with little danger of getting
pellet. But they stopped shooting pretty
soon. You see, the CRATER had two men in
the wagon who grabbed their guns the
minute the fuss began, and blazed away at
the old man, while the CRATER had settled
down TO selling tickets again. The rustic
SAW the odds were against him and he lit
out, swearing vengeance. He had only a
scratch on the shoulder, but u stout copper
colored old lady from over the border mad
vertently got between him and one of the
slugs from the ticket wagon, and didn't
live TO see the show. Her husband was
disposed to find fault. but the CRATER apollo
gized and passed him in free, so he made
mp his mind TO let bygones be bygones.
Il think 1t was just after the big bare
back act that everybody in the tent sud
denly heard guns popping outside. But
the clown was just coming into the ring,
and we didn't pay much attention to the
matter until casual bullets began to inter
fere with the comfort of the audience; and
when the clown himself was bowled over
and had to be carried out on banner, a
good many people became so interested in
the proceedings outside that they paid
little attention to the performance. Then
all at once there was a cOmmotion near the
dressing tent entrance and pack of thirty
mounted cowboys galloped into the ring.
The old hayseed was at the head of them,
and every man had his fireworks out and
ready for business.
GETTING EVEN WITH THE TICKET SELLER.
AS you fellows know I've travelled for
firearms house for twenty years and have
handled weapons by the thousands, but
when it comes to front view of shooting
machines in the paws Of a crowd of earnest
citizens, Pm disposed to retire from bust
ness.
Il was afraid the visitors meant mis-
| chief, and was about to drop down be-
| tween the seats and crawl out under the
| edge OF the tent, when they began crack
| ing away at the trapeZe ropes, and in five
| minutes they were all down. This reas-
| sured me. They were evidently in play
| ful mood and wouldn't kill any one in the
audience without serious provocation
After this preliminary sport they forced
every performer to come in and entertain
them with special act. To wind up they
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hand and foot and was looking dismal, for
somebody had shot hole through his ear.
and 1t hurt. They unbound him and made
him rig up in the toys of the dead clown,
after which they requested him to shin up
the center pole. He rather objected to
this, but the rustic and one or two more
fellows full of fun began to shoot into the
sawdust around his feet. and he started to
climb.
He spent good deal Of his strength in
swearing, and stopped to rest once or twice,
but being urged on by the popping of re-
volvers he managed to reach the top of the
| pole. He wore one of these high clowns
hats and the cowboys ordered him to hold
it out in his hand. They then amused
themselves for few moments shooting at
at it, The elephant was next ordered In,
| and every man of them had ride on the
beast. BY this time the visitors were
weary of sport and withdrew, and the au-
dience rushed out after them pell nell. ~
| Buffalo Courier.
| Children That DO Not Know How to Play.
A kindergarten teacher, at the head of a
| free kindergarten working among the des.
perately poor and ignorant of a neighbor'
| ing city, speaks of the pathetic unchildish.
ness of the little creatures that she coaxes
into her schoolrooms Hungry, weary and
cold; dirty, ragged and sore; kicked, beat
en- and sworn at; often themselves wicked
beyond belief, they seem to have nothing
in common with joyous childhood save
smallness Of stature and fewness OF years.
They do not know how to play even, and
| it is this ignorance of the underlying prin
ciple of child happiness which seems the
| saddest privation of all. The beautiful
| land of make believe" is unknown to
them.
The story related by man whose bust.
ness took himsmuch among the poorest,
most wretehed districts of this city, illus
| trates the depths to which child life in the
slums has fallen. He found a company OF
ragged urchins one day playing at funerals
and quarreling over the privilege Of being
the corpse The one finally selected
stretched himself on the Shiny stones OF
the dingy court, folded his hands peaceful
ly over his heart, closed his eyes and, pale
and pinched looking as he was, looked the
character he assumed with startling effect.
The others found bottles-there were plen-
ty of them-and stood them on bricks fol
candles around his bier To these stunted
little souls the shabby pageants of death
whlch tney mao seen III Ine Iahes anu alleys
of their neighborhood were so much finer
and more desirable than their dreary exist
ences that to counterfeit them was pas
time-Her Point of View in New York
Times.
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the adage go to Halifaxr' came to it by
inheritance from Halifax in Yorkshire,
England. Halifax law, as may be gathered
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