Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-02

indeed? The lady at the doorgr
Precisely. she was a w:dnw whom
married her. You understand He
nroagnt his chair still nearer. Most
remarkable woman he said. solemn
l l>nnw that she is n handsome
woman, If You viii allow an old friend
10 say So | answered. looking him
Straight In h eye without n tremor.
veins. NY
= think so, and others have said
uie same. He rubbed his hands and
sazei introspecdvely nj the sawdust.
ana remarkable in other WAYS: fact
u, I'm her third husband. She was
married young the first time. Man
named Hooker. They couldn't get
along al al. Hokcr was n lunkhcad;
aldnt appreciate a women with
Drains. Run a grocery store. and
wanted her to tend the counter while
ne went 10 dinner. Objected cause
she wanted to take bInio lessons.
round FAINT when she cue off her front
llalr for ~fr!zzleS. Hooker was a dlrnel
l0oi. lie knew less than a bullsnake.
iley couldn't get along at all. She
he-ef-there was a divorce, and then
si" married Senior Pablo Marpto, a
Splnlaru from Santa Fe. New Mexico.
lie was doing the horizontal bars with
jerks Brothers allied shows. After
wards he took up trapeZe work. She
peGan with the trained goats. and then
trled bareback. Then he learnt her
the tr3peze, and they worked togcth-
er. ihey were the first in America
TO DO the double dive" He paused and
looked at me.
by ginger l exclaimed; you don't
e. it?'
Why, there amt any question about
II. You can ask old jerks himself:
hes IN the legit now; plays Uncle Tom
IN Barkers All Star Company. Good
actor, too; double in brass and does a
buck-dance in the last act after he
dies"
Jerks doubles in brass?'
Yes; plays in the band in the street
parade, you know. AS | said. the
Spanfard L my wife We're the orig
atorS Of the double dive. Afterwards
she done the slack wire. and he took
10 balooning ana went up two hun
dred times. The ext thing he took TO
was whisky"
introduce any new divesT' | asked.
We'll, / guess he was one Of the
first men TO drink all the time; con
tiuous performance. like 4 dime mus
tun. Fell out Of his chair at break
fast II morning and broke his neck.
After this my wife quit the circus and
tried the dime museums. mostly with
snakes, though she was an Albinu for
a while. u the head without any
body off and on. 1 believe. too. she
was Il cInnibal for one season. ] for
got 10 say that Moreto was more or
less in the snake line from the first:
handled them at the Concert imme-
diately after the close of the grand
performance. He learnt 'em 10 her,
She helped him. and, after he took TO
whisky. he didn't seem to take to the
81 axes; said he knew when he'd got
enough, and so she handled 'em alone.
! was getting into the profession a
little at that time myself. Was work
ing the country fairs with n two-head-
Cd calf. She asked for tickets to the
calf on account Of belonging To the
prOfCSh, and of course | gave 'em to
her, and so we got To know each 9th
er. Says she: Sell your calf for veal
and get into snakes" Well l finally
proposed, AID we were married. 1
sold my calf and bought snakes, and
We started out. She acts as press
agent and writes all the bills. Wen
have a museum of our SINE day.
| tell you / didn't Overstate it when
| said she is a remarkable woman.
you must get acquainted with her.
Come outside" AS we rose, a man
and his wife and six children filed in.
Hold on cried Dicky to me: I'VE
must give a performance first; ii won't
do to disappOint the public" He
drew himself up and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, If you will
give us your close and undivided at
tention, we will now show you that
our pround claim of an a~mbiGuosity Of
te"ntatorial wonders bordering on the
tautologous is no idle boast uttered
in a halcyOn moment of ~exuberant
and vociferous verbosity. Immediate
ly after this great and startling per-
formance, / will give a grand scienti-
fic lecture. rich in its loquaosity OF
DemGstheneani oratoricaI pyrotech-
mics, on snakes. their habits, history,
ard general treatment. with full di-
rectOns for curing snake-bites. This
lecture will be five cents extra. child
rem free when accompanied by pa
rents or guardians. We love to cult
vate. improve, and expand the plastic
and impresSionable mind Of the little
child. Allow me now, ladies and gen.
tlemen. to introduce Senorita Zenobia
Enriqueta Moreto, four years old, the
Youngest and greatest snake-charmcr
known to the modern world"
The girl appeared at n end of the
of the tent with a little bound, turned
around twice, and began waving her
bore arms above her head. j saw
that l must act. / dragged my watch
from my pocket, tore open the case,
found il stopped-it always stops
when / travel-forced 1t back into my
pocket, and seized Dicks hand fever
ishIy. i've only ten minutes to catch
my train!' i cried. Il can't wait for
the performance. Goodbye; see you
again. / rushed from the tent. /
walked away up the sidewalk TO my
train.
"Dey wos goin' ter leave yo' boss
said the porter rs he helped me up
the steps: but 1 told de cainductor he
gotter wait five minutes longer fer yo'.
Specks III git inter trouble fer It,
though" / slipped another quarter
into his waiting Dalm and sank into