Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-07-05
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Sho Hnd Walked Miles to See The Show
''f but the Price Was High,

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she Had Walked Miles TO SEQ tn show,
'@ but the Price Was High.
AS purchased my ticket to "a into
the circus which was exhibiting in
town at the foot of Cum berland range,
a little old woman who wore q poke
bonnet and was without shoes OF stock
ings beckoned me aside and said:
"Look yere, stranger. I've walked ten
miles to see this yere sarcus. = s
eyes" @
IT reckoned to git in fur two bits,
but can't do it. The price is fo' bits,
and they won't abate. Do yo' know any
Of the sarcus folks!"
"No, DON'T"
IF yo did, they might abate. III kin
do some sarcus tricks myself, and mebbe
they'd let me in free. Cum out yere and
see me flop summersault, as they calls
it,
REALLY, ma am, haven It time
"Waal, then, give me room and see
me turn cart wheel. 1 kin do it as
slick as any man yo' ever seed. "'e
Eyes, presume so, but can't spare
the time'' ~s{
tive walked the top rail Of fence
fur half mile without fallin off, she
continued, land 1 believe l could walk
q rope Git outen the way, and I'll
show yo' a handspring as good as yo'
ever seed" &k&
"Please don't, ma Fam. If you want to
go into the circus''-
"Yo' kin boot that want to pinto
the sarcus!' she interrupted. "That'
what I'm yere fur. Whenever sarcus
Gums along, 1 git thar if I kin and ketch
on to all the new flipfops. The ole man
is sick and couldn It cum, but promised
him to hev good look at the hyenas
and tell hin. all about 'em. AS fur me,
I'm bound and determined to ride that
trick mewl twice around the ring or
perish in the attempt. What was yc'
goin to say:'' ii.
II was going to say that I'd pay the
other two bits and take you in with
me-
"Would yo' do that fur a pore ole
woman who hain't seen a sarcus fur
two y'ar:" she anxiously asked.
"Of course -
got her ticket, and we passed in
together, and at her request HUNTED up
the cage Of hyenas the first thing. She
stood and looked at them for five min
1tes before saying: -
"Waal, don't see whar the purtincSs
Gums in, but the ole man is crazy bout
hyenas. Now fur the sarcus. "
VUo rlrx1-,, touotbcr Che fc,,I-
great interest in and vigorously applaud
ed every feat. By and by, when tie
trick mule was brought in and the usual
announcement made, she sprang up ard
was at the ringside before any one elc
could move. Everybody laughed, and
the ring master was confused. He final
ly had to tell her that all women were
couple of employees led her back to her
seat She came back flushed and angry,
and when I attempted to console her
she said: 80
''That's the way of it all over-the
wimin folks hain't got no rights and
can't git 'em. I could hev rid that,
mewl to his grave and not bin throwedi|
off, and that's what they was afraid Of
Ar thar any camp bells with this
show?'
"You mean camels. Yes, there are
four or five in the other tent.
"Then I'll ride camp bell and be
hanged to 'em hain't goin hum with
out doin sunthin to brag of. -
She slipped away, and when we filed
tbn c1, r
ting between the two humps Of a half
asleep dromedary and saying to the man
who wanted her to come off
"You go to ballyhack! I cum to this
sarcus to git pinter or two, and if yo'
git me off II this camp bell I'll ride yer
ole rhinoceros around till he draps
dead !'-Detroit Free Press