Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-03

'oh, probably he will laugh at the
idea tomorrow"
But why should he when his mind
is now so set upon it? oyou think that
he will decline to marry you because
You have been circus woman?"
mo, not particularly.p
"Oh, you are becoming mysterious
again, Polly. Why don't you be sbso-
lutely frank with me?"
II win be, but not until after twelve
| o'clock to-day"
''There you go again, leading me out
into deeper and darker water, but l
suppose must accept your terms. Who
is that out there that keeps gazing in
here?"
Some fellow desperately gone on
you. Shall go out and knock him
| DOWN."
Goodness, no; he is doing no par
tlcular harm. But I wish he would go
away"
You don't like admirers, do your"
The right sort of admirers, yes; but
TO be admired by ignorance is cheap
victory"
In Polly'seves was the light of strong
admiraSon as she looked at the girl.
You surprise me nearly every day."
she said. II did not expect to find SO
bright creature in this dingy place"
oh" Nell laughed, ''you think am
bright just because the place is dingy.
1t doesn't take much of butterfly to
look pretty when it settles in the mud"
folly was silent, meditative; and
when she spoke again there was in her
voice new tone, a tremulous sadness.
u am one of the shrewd children of the
world" she said, land you are
clover-scented child of the meadow,
but, simple as you are, yours is wis
dom that l could never reach. There's
that idle fellow leaning on the fence.
Shall drive him awny?"
II wish you would tell him that he is
annoying me. No, it might hurt his
feelings"
This made Polly laugh so loudly that
the fellow, thinking that the women
were making fun of him, strobe away.
Zone to contemplate your tenderness"
said the woman of the world, would
scarcely think that you had ever turned
loose double-barrel shotgun amid q
lot of men,"
sob, did that for you, and if had
thought that the fellow out there was
annoying you, should have driven him
away long ago."
MY dear, might take that as re-
buke," Polly replied, "but WON'T"
she quickly added.
Nell got up, brushing the sunbeams
out of her eyes, and walked about the |
room. II feel SO strange to-day" she |
said. Something must surely be
going to happen. wish that editor
would come over here and beg you to |
take his paper for another year"
Perhaps he couldn't induce me to |
take it."
''Oh, but you are not thinking of
going with the circus again, are you?"
you shall soon see what intend to |
do"
But don't do anything to separate
u.s." Polly had begun to read news
paper. did you hear what l said?
Now what can be in that paper to In
terest you sop
II was just reading about peculiar
organization that l happen to know
something about. Some time ago an
old man, a crank, died in Chicago, hay
ing willed his money to club, or
rather to several trustees who were to
form such club as he should name.
1t was to be called the Test club and
was to have but thirty members. When
a candidate should apply for member
ship, test was to be imposed upon
him, and, if he carried it out faithfully,
he was to be admitted as n member
and thereafter share in the dividends
arising from certain investments; and
as the dividends were large there was
a rush for membership. And l see by
this article that woman demands the
right to apply for membership, vowing
that she is willing to undergo any test
THAI may be imposed upon her"
What nonsense" was the girls COM
ment. "a woman ought to know that
so soon as she gets out of her real
sphere she is robbed of her force, the
power that she should WELD over
men,"
81 don't know much about the power
that women wield," Polly replied, "but
l don't think that woman would
make good ringmaster"
"a ringmaster, Polly? What do you
mean?"
why, ringmaster in a circus"
"Oh. But why should you so fire.
quently refer to the circus? just be-
lieve that you intend to run away and
leave u.s."
81 think not. By the way, what time
does the stage come imp
1.-The first one comes at little after
eleven. Why do you want to know?"
"Oh. just happened to think about
It,"
"But why didn't you happen to think
about it beforep"
And for that matter" Polly quickly
replied, why don't we happen to
think about everything before?"
They laughed at each other, and l.
Nell, selling her friend, pretended that
she was going to put her out of the
house, but Polly, taking hold Of her
arms, gave her an easy upward swing