The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-08-14

1 wished that5iit Was over. and every
time that the Champion Of Everything
1sappeared he wished that he might
break his neck III his foolhardy feat.
Mary Ann was charmed and Joe was
alarmed.
70 add to the annoyance Of the car
/ penter the Champion Of Everything
4 had recognized the lady at his side and
! the gay Mary Ann was aware Of the
fact
When the young men began to cry
/ the tickets for the concert Miss Dick
erman recognized the presence Of her
escort enough to say:
l8 Join to see the concert, Joe q
/ Jess s not, Mary Ann; faint prob
able that mounts to much,
But Ut dearly want to see it; it's
s1 such y 4 Whecdled the girl.
The escort bought the tickets and
Remained to the after show"
While the audience was passing out
and aaEls the preparations were going on
i sfo pr concert, the carpenter regained
his mental equilibrium, but his
i peace OF mind was again upset when
j there came climbing UP the seats that
i most versatile of arenic artists, the
1 champion of Everything, who made
4 directly dire for Mary Ann Dickerman, and
presented himself with graceful bows
and scraEes. @
Mary Ann introduced the young
4 man, but Joe Pardee did not catch the
1 name; It was all that he could do to
catch his breath. The escort of the
4 young lady thought that the athlete
and the maiden were altogether too
4 glad to meet. But what could he say {?
/ What could he do? ..,s ~ +5 Fl I
The concert progressed to an end,
4 but how it got through the carpenter
=: never remembered. Was it a dream,
and did did he wake up when the circus
/ folks cried "All over
The audience arose, so did the trio.
The Champion Of Everything had
I the audacity to give his hand to Mary
Ann and assist her off the treacherous
seats. Joe Pardee; managed to get to
the solid earth, but even that seemed
to move from under him. He was
dazed, staggered. .
The athlete turned, dotted his hat,
and said:
i Good afternoon, Mister Pardee:
1 happy to have met you.''
Then, with amazing assurance he
gave his arm to Mary Ann, and they
walked away, leaving him standing
there, not knowing whether he was
alive or not. The people humping I'D
against him aroused him, and he pass
ed out so shamefaced, so hurt, that he
could have cried.
TO think of it, that Mary Ann Dick
er:man, his intended, should have ever
come to play such trick upon him
IN the presence of hundreds of the
people Of Union Center, who knew
them both so we'll. >s
Some young men would have gone
and done something desperate, took a
drink, or begun to go down hill at a
rapid pace. Joe did nothing Of that
KIND; he stuck to his work, held up
4 his head and came to the wise conclu-
sion that he was fortunate in knowing
Mary Ann for what she was worth in
time.
Or course people talked, and a good
many jibes and smart sayings reached
the unwilling ears Of the carpenter,
but he kept his own counsel and was
busy with the saw, the hammer and
! the edge TOOLS
It had been prophesied by the wise
acres Of the town that Joe and Mary
Ann would make up, and that the
original matrimonial program would
be carried out, and it is probably a
fact that the fascinating Mary Ann
coquetted to that end. If she did she
made sorry failure.
i When the summers tenting season
was over the marvel of the arena came
up to Union Center and claimed his
prize; to be explicit, the departure Of
Mary Ann Dickerman from town With
4 the Champion of Everything comes
2 under the head of an elopement.
Two years later a circus show came
to Union Center again, and with it
Glanced to be that remarkable per-
! former with whose famous perform
ance We are already familiar. He and
Joe Pardee, the carpenter, came upon
each other face to face down at the
Union house before parade.
The husband Of the former Mary
Ann Dickerman extended his hand:
gu remember me?''
Course replied Joe, taking the
proffered hand.
The two men surveyed each other
during a rather awkward pause, the
carpenter noting that the athlete look
ed careworn and much changed.
The Champion of Everything at that
moment removed his hat to rub the
beads Of perspiration from an entirely
bald head. 5. s5.f z3= EI
S Well explained the carpenter
; thought1essly. If you haven't lost
every hair on 55our head since / saw
! you last!''
Yes sighed the circus man, tyor
must remember have been married
for two years" 5.
: # A Coincidence. 5