The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-02-02
miscellaneous.
THEY SAW THE SHOW.
Philadelphia Times.

Hank pulled his horses heads close
to the sidewalk and stood up in the
wagon, looking enviously and even
wistfully at the big bills which the
man was busily FASTING to the long
stretch of high wall by the cotton
yard.
"Spose there's gwine to be show"
he said good-naturedly, by way of be-
ginning the conversation.
''Yes, SIR" said the man with the
pastepot, glancing carelessly over his
shoulder.
"Gwine to be a big 'un, amt it ~
Hank went on.
Biggest you ever saw" said the
man, giving vigorous sweep of the
brush.
Hank only grinned down on the
mans broad back, pushed his big
dirty white hat to the back of his
head and said:
them words in the paper bout your
show, mister. 1t wouldn't be fur out
er sight at that rate, certain, SEEM |
amt never saw show"
Say you haven't?' ~ 1t was the
mans time to grin now, and he did so
broadly as he turned about. "Well,
We'll I'm blest eff | warn't studin'
bout that when l seen you stickin'
them pictchers up. | jess lowed as
how maybe I'd come an fetch Molly
an the chillun. TIL amt nair one er
my folks ever seen a show"
He gathered up the reins in one
hand and sat down, leaning over the
wagon-body in IL confidential kind of
way.
Yes, rs jess studin' bout bringin'
the folks in to this here show, but you
know how it tbs ; times is mighty hard
an crops is short ever where"
"Oh, it won't cost much" said the
man. You just scratch around and
pick up few dimes and come along
and bring Molly and the children"
I'm blest eff L don't b'lieve I'll do
it," said Hank. What timed you
say the show'd be here ~
This day two weeks,h the man an
swered.
Mex SADLY week." said Hank,
musingly! well, now, that's the
very day is meanin; to come in with
the cotton anyhow, so I'm blest eff l
don't jest put Molly an the chillun in
the wagon too, an haul 'em in to the
show"
ne looh lasI, lingering LOOK at 5ne
soiSeou9 pio'uLee' .iieh uuineu ilis
norses GOWN tle dusty street "hlch
leu 10 the pfiGge across the creek.
SomehoW, ne 1elt quite Joyous as ne
whipped up the poor, touSh nttie
ponies, their shoes clinklng n0lsiiy
against the hard stones, ana tne loose
cotton- LIES III tle Dig wagon fatCilhS
cneerlul ACCOMPANIMENT:
G"ine 10 De d circus III Town, MOL
~, salu 1anh, ny anu oy, Wnen ne
Sol iloihe taiiu oiie ii'1't Goliie ouI " Zee
III 49, ,,.;tI, ~ 800 u,.o
GENT letIoe WIN ~. -, papy III lieI ailils'
..I Iou 'oi Say siie e?aIuia.eu ;
io'! ho "eiO oii' "ioii
enthusiasm, s"ine TO pe circus, an
Dig un, TOO, leilef was TENN me,
an you kho" WHAT Ill d llln 10 90,
molly 49, ill.,, ., 49,.
Uo 10 the SHOW, l rechon' am
you sne asked, almost "istIully.
Ihats What, ne said, SllppinS tne
orlule over the HORSES heaus. !haI
jess wnaG, puC Iheres mo 10 IL, an
yourse yes up, lur ain 10 take you
all along, too"
10 the circus she asked breath
lessly
Yes, TO the circus, HANK answer
ed, Win mahilest Pf!ae IN MS decision.
lou see sGuuleu IL III ouC when
comm loIis lioi m - ~ pe neA
oaddy Weeh, an allilln 10 take Ine
cottoh III lheii anyhow, 30 1t coulul!
come handler; 30 you an the chll,
lun Jess GIT READY an we long an
have look at all them Things seen
In the plctcners. Might wei 90 IL.
you know. Marhilanl VII, ue o"ll
us some on the coI!oh' an you want
to 90 iIttie tfadil' anyhow. 90 IL
was settled.
Now, Hank and his wife were simple
folk, belonging to that pretty large
class OF beings who are usually spoken
OF as having nara tilne OF IL: II
TINS meant tnat no matter now FAVOR
able the season elsewhere HANK III
tie rocky, hillside rancn was i. sure TO
nave either 100 much or 100 lltIie ram
II IL meant that ms corn anu cot1on
ana potatoes somehow or otner, as ne
said, didn't seem TO mt i; II IL meant
that his horses ana COWS were Always
underted, that Molly was put 10 IL 10
keep her nstantly-lncreaslng and
long-legged brood in even very
meagre supply OF clothes, that her
chickens were In a CHROME state OF
disease with either cholera or pips,
that her nousework was never nhlsh-
ed by nlghtfall ana Always nau 10 De
left over for next day II all OF this
meant having a hard time" than
Hank and Molly certainly had 1t.
The only thing that grew ana pros
pered on the whole stony iittle place