The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-22

bered into the wagon by his fathers side,
Sanr his MS mother tsrrisd 70 LOCK the ';ni f5G p
vine at the side Of the porch. Then she, too,
climbed into the wagon. taking her accus-
toned place on the back seat. She was
painting with the exertIon Of the last hal:
in the barng she asked her husband.
long se to do ne the hsD1 work " at the IL i barn sU and nj hitc 4
a-gSt started till noon.
We'll" was the defense Of Johnny's
mother, 1T took me an hour to wake UP
Johnny; he was sleeping like the dad"
his boots We're carefully BACKED. II was
still gray and the air was chilly. No words
were spoken until Johnny, In manipulating
an incline on the road. -pinched his finger
and screamed loudly. His father growled
and his mother looked at the ,bruise and
The father cast an anxious backward glance
at the house and barn Just before the wagon
rounded the curve that took it out of sight
and Johnny marveled that his father knew
the road SO we'll His father. a thoughtful
man, concluded to put the rig up at a livery
street car. He did not care to risk his horse
and wagon being stolen or injured In the
mass of like .eQuipages at the fair ground.
city. Johnny absorbed every scene. ana his
sensations overpowered his mind. He did
not recover his power Of speech until he
taffy at the fair grounds.
In the evening Johnny was worn out ana
sftssTs so d0r mu nGm durin ME the aad day ee sSat ' he Mss
distressingly nervous. The fair lost inter-
est Tor him and the only bright spot in the
afternoon was when he and his father and
in the downtown district met Ed Green and
LII johnson. who were greatly abashed at
the encounter. Mr.. Green lives two miles
east of JOHNNY on the farm where the harn
is across the road from the house. and Miss
Johnson lives a mile south Of the Green
When johnny and his father and mother
met Ed and Lii Johnny grinned with de-
light. He had seen Lii take her hand OF
be embarrassed. He had on his cutaway
coat with the low vest. Two cigars stuck
out of his vest pocket. He gave Johnny's
Johnny commented to himself. as the iron
stain on the left edge OF Eds white shirt
bosom.
Johnny fell asleep on the way home. His
mother was intensely worried about things
at the farm. Fair week three years ago the
family had gone home to find that the best
had caught her legs in the manger and had
been strangled to death by the chain around
her neck in her efforts to release herself.
THE OTHER BOYS EXPERIENCE.
The boy. who. with two others of his
kind. was tramping out to the fair grounds
and had yelled Hi Rube'' at Johnny when
he passed them with his father and mother
on the street car, had not arisen from his
couch at 3 o'clock In the morning. 1t was
four hours later when he responded to the
command Of his father. He, too. suddenly
remembered that he was going to the fair.
He put on his ordinary school clothes and
went down stairs to breakfast. His father
told him he would be too busy to 60 TO the
fair AT that Tommy Saf m a rnar Uhtph
resulted In his father giving him half q
dollar. which mean Is cents to get In" 10
cents for car fare and l5 cents TO spend"
His mother was somewhat dubious about
Tommy going to the fair grounds without
some oloer person to watch him, bur his
father said he guessed the boy was able to
ADDED. Course"
Tommy hurried to a certain house in the
next square and found two members OF
same arrangement, both parental and imam
cial,. as himself. The trio started for the
car line, but lodged up an alley and passed
road to the fair grounds. They had decided
that they would rather walk to the fair
grounds and save the 10 cents c~arfare for
to the fair grounds. for a boy. Hundreds
Of them have made it this week. Tommy
and his pals agreed before. they were half
folly to pay Is cents to get into the fair
grounds. To pay out 80 per cent. Of their
capital just for the privilege Of being ad.
mitted to a place where they could spend
absurdity. Finally II was determined to
"swipe in" All three of the boys had felt
in their hearts before they started on the
nomical agreement.
The matter of swiping in is of no mean
importance. The old fair grounds, where
Morton Place now rears its beautiful homes
was a cinch for swiping in. There was the
state ditch, for instance. No fence could be
quilt to stop up the holes occasioned BY
the ditch. Besides the pens and stables had
doors opening outside the grounds and II
s sns G i1side sP TSe geR Rry {a GPe aro a d9or does he T wa,
offer this advantage to the swiper In. There
is a large open space between the fencs
and any building: Thus Tommy and hi:
chums were confronted with a problem
that would tax the slickest Filipino sol
der, They circled the grounds, when they
finally reached them, and decided that ths
trick. 1t was figured out that If one couic
get under the fence and get a good star
he might reach the mass OF horses AM
vehicles and lose himself in it. The oper
space was guarded by a man on a horse.
Tommy and his friends searched along tn
fence until they found a gully about a foo
an easy thing to wriggle through the gull!
under the fence. So they lay down anC
watched between the Stats Of the fence thu
Hundred SUrnks 0t feet eas away %ay from ans To aonsy- and ssie hi
partners was another bunch of kids a
desperate TO swipe In. They had succeeded
ing 1t had attracted the attention, of tn
man on the horse. He moved up closer T
them. This was -Tommy's chance. H
worked his way under the fence, clambere'
to his feet and flew for the corral of horse
and wagons. His comrades followed witt
lightning speed. The Waterman did not sc
them till the last boy was half way to tn
goal. Then he whipped up his horse an,
dashed after hin. He was too late. salyato
could not have run fast enough to hav
caught the boy. II was an unfortunat
move for the guardsman. for no sooner ha'
he left the rent In the fence than the bunc
of boys which had been lying In wait ther
climbed through and also sped for tn
horses and wagons. The Waterman was de
feated. Tommy's gang and the other gan
lodged and twisted between the wagons
under the horses and were soon lost in tn
crowd of people beyond. This is an exempli
fication OF the gentle art Of swiping in:
Tommy and his friends spent all thei
money but 5 cents apiece during the day
They fed on excitement and tafy and side
shows. When supper time came, however
their appetite was I'm nowise impaired. The