The morning times., 1895-07-22
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ton, where her eternal welfare will be the
object OF prayerful attention. OF course,
/ shall refer you to my pastor aud other
persons OF high standing in the community,
who will tell you that | am proper Gus
todian for the child
The woman's eyes darted fire, she spoke
between her cleDched teeth. IF ever
you dare to touch RosaIie I'll knife yOul
i will follow you until l can kill you!
Now goI"
Even Mr.. Beasley could realize that this
infuriated mother was terrible and superb.
a ttgress defending her young was of this
woman's kind. The orerrighteOus man was
cowed. "I-I-you must excuse me-but
l meant all for your good and hers"
The woman had seated herself again;
She was trying To regain calm. Her face
had become first red, then white, with
anger; the tattoojngs seemed 10 blacken
with theebb and flow of thefot blOOdbehind
them. Certainly, 1 viii excuse you this
time" said the astonishing creature. II
have not Travelled inside a trunk, / have
seen the world-aDd there's all sorts in
it. And you are not half a bad sort. But
you have got to learn that there are
people outside OF your Sunday school L
am willing to be friendly. / Will present
you with my photograph gratis, for keeps.
And now and then you must look at 1T and
remember what tell you about there being
more than several kinds OF people in the
world And the Lord made them al. He
knows why, and can judge them. You
can't. Now, you gOl I'm not taking back
that If you ever touch Rosalie I'll kill you
Now go in peace"
The woman leaned back in her chair,
her eyelids dropped, her fingers unclenched
softly upon her knees; she appeared half
drowsy, like wild animal whose fury is
spent. Mr.. Beasley departed. AS he passed
the ticket taker the latter said: Polly
Murray has been talking to you, hasn't
she?''
The tattOOed woman"
'That is Mrs Murray, and a good one
she is. She needs all her grit 1 tel
Polly she ought to have a soft seat in the
next world. for she has got il hard in this.
You interested to hear about her?'
Very much So answered Mr.. Beasley,
who began to have a dim sense-one doubts
whether he will ever formulate it enough
to do him any good-that there are virtues
which flourish in strange habitats-iTTegJl-
Iarvirtues. of course, yet perhaps they count
for something above.
well, it was like this. A year ago
Polly and her husband. Joe Murray
they were billed as SignCr MOTettini and
Mile. Zephirine-earned the biggest pay
in the show. They drew like a team Of
four horses and mustard plaster. TFapeZe
act. HandsOmest act you ever did see.
1ueE kept tile llltle CHOICE sue WASH /
in the show, and nothing rough was ever
heard nor seen by Rosy. Well, sir one
evening they were going on fine, away up
to the top OF the tent, and Joe was ready
to catch Polly on the fly, when somehO "
he lost his grip and fell The net was all
right, OF course, but he didn't get his turn
in the air, and came down wrong. Polly,
she saw how it was, and dropped down
quick after him. She gave one scream,
no cd i,ssfno rrr Of bs4r
body"
was the man killed." asked Mr. BeasIey,
who felt a sudden and uuwarrantable
solicitude for these outcasts.
''No. sir But / don't know but he might
as Well have been. He queeTed his spine.
The doctors say with carc-which spells
money-he may get well in a year or two.
or course he never will climb a trapeze
again But there VIII be pace for dim
in this show as long as he wants it, for he
is a good man, and was hurt IN the line of
his duty"
Duty! Mr BeasIey tiisliked to hear the
word in such a connection.
You don't see it that way2 tell you,
sir. Joe was in his duty, working to sup
port his family 4 square man, always
cheerful and lively, never drunk. Yes, sir,
we've got a use for ice Murray in this show
every time If it's only 10 twiddle his thumbs
for company"
Mr. ReasIey felt his criterions slipping
away from him Would ne be so warmly
regarded among his neigabOrs? The ticket
taker continued;
Polly she lost her nerve for good that
time Joe said il was no matter. ne would
not have let her play such dangerous acts
with any man but Inn. So she went and
got otherselftattooed. She doesn't make large
pay by that, STE is no great of a freak. So
she Sews every minute she can get. day and
night, too. / guess, on the Costumes ard
mending. ana earns that way. BIttO afford
Joe the treatment in the hospital and extra
comforts that he needs, Polly has had to
put RosaIie into the ring. Polly a rider,
she had to hand the kid to Mrs. Grover
Nine Celestne on the billS-and Polly says,
Louisa Grover, / trust my baby 10 you.
If she gets hurt, I'll shoot you dead as you
ride out of the ring
And the tears came right into Louisa $
eyes, and she puts her arms around Polly
and myself, Polly, and l promise you I
VIII take better care OF your baby than,
would of my own Polly was all broke up,
ana she says, very meek. You must for
give ME, Louisa, for talking like that 10
you. And Louisa says, I wouldn't
have thought much OF you if you hadn't
felt that way But it is awful To see
how anxious Polly is until Louisa comes
afterridling out after the act with Rosy safe
1 asked Polly one day: Why do you
try to earn so much? Take Rosy out of
the ring, and you wouldn't be scared to
death twice a day, at 3.45 and 9:15 sharp
POliy's face went dead white, and her eyes
burned like electric lights. but she an
swered ME quiet. No, says she, that
can't be You know how | love NV
baby but you don't know how l love my
man II Rosy was to break her neck,
Joe shall have the best of care And then
she fell TO sobbing, and cursed herself for
bad mother To say such things But you
could see that the most she was really think
ing OF was Joe. Yes, sir. Polly Murray
is a good woman, and am glad you take
an interest in her The boss is giving
Them benefit tonight Everything after
the bare expenses are paid, and we are
all chipping in our nights pay Won't
you urge your friends TO Gomez
Mr.. BeaSley's Conscience would not per-
NIT that, but he contributed five dollars
which he put down in his cash account a $
For the Heather" He sometimes feels
as If he knew either more or less than
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