Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-06

gRANDMA's CIRCUS.
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Marth Stebblns, pressing out he
youngest grandchld's Sunday gown
paused with iron suspended, FOR th,
lnnds sake, Bllliol DO tell Are yol
aure?"
Billie was thrilled by the ln.eres
which his news hnd awaken'S. There
fore, he looked as imperturbable II
possible, lie hois.ed himself up on TN,
table and sat there picking sandbur'
OIL his sleeves, and swinging his bart
legs,
"Glmme a cooky, and I'll tell you al
about IT,"
There was no compromising win
! Billie. lie wns n young man OF his
word. OF this his grandmother wGS
aware, She looked at him hard me-
mcnt. The she sat the iron down, and
went into the pantry, She came back
with two cookies,
"rhere!" she said "now go on!"
"Arter I'd been TO mill went NJ
town. There was two men putin uF
picturcs or the blank wall near the liy'
cry stable. They'd got 'em up already
by the lumber yard, Another feller
wus goin into the shops and gettln'
signs Put In the windows, And, ] say
grnndma, you just want to see them
pictures. They're-they're jImmily'
gee!"
Grandma ironed on, but less ener'
geticully than before the return of Bill
lie. go on an tell me about them
pictures" che urged. 81 used to like
awful well TO 60 to circuses when ! was
young. Seems like | went to every one
that came to our town. One hasn't
been near this place since ! come here
TO live with your ma. Tint was when
Emily Louise was born--i5 years ago.
Billie went on to tell her Of the glor'
les. of the posters, He CALAMITY gave
Indies preference OF his description,
lie first told her about the bare'nrmed
female, standing In the Roman chnr'o ,
driving the pluuging stteds; about the
little girl Standing on white shetland
pony: about the radiant dnmsel In the
abbreviated skirt, who made the Tying
leaps through paper hoops; about The
,,,,,.oul,, oi.,cra ,vbn avrin,r from IRA.
nn,a, r,"o,"''i ,r"n ',Ln nsn cWme far lhelr
aL"rn ~ nd,,iring rouarks lie wn,
halfway from the rlngmas'cr to ne
clown. and grnglma was IL cNiuG WIN
breath. .Aellpht, when step Wa'
.G,. 'i.,.o W 7" ~ no tcr cnid hon onI pattrred
l',"NH ,L,, lno;,,n n ~. e,oye for =,
I,, %.. a,o 'pi,l,. snhyidcd ina silcocr
,n'o,.or,n., ,,"c o,, IKE lin. into sound q,
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"SSrns.h, rcIinIa =" cricd hack the O {
,o1,, ""S,I ,a,,E nary"nu "" choerSnlnc.s "Ni,.,l
,""S ,,'nI., Ln,t dc1cn more nieces Billis
hono,, a" h"o,, h" rron, ,bn MIN"
"Vsb Sbo r"Is,oncd ,bo fins of bcr fingers
,,,,i "h' hor "'n, tonnna md snottcd owoy on
tho w." ,no, ", 20 ~ ,cst tho tsrncrnn,re
'o ,t ann, 500 lhnl " tor.Iv "BiIv Won,
s,,,on ,,it aT VIII, thnt .ocLo . That,
mood Now T don't want Won se,tln
FOUND like tbis when there's his chores
to bs dons wclls yourown. You hear?r
"Yos'n f"
Thcre yos n brlef silence when she
Ind onne Martha Stebbins seemed tc
so. ,hrougb lbe mist the garments sh.
wns Mcrinc suddenly the kischpr
sooraI smnller md hotter than n bne
Gyo rirntes oco An nj once. too. thS
lovclv lodice and doshjny men. and
,,,,n dorrrI nni,,nls ~ Tho circua sccnni
more distant In anproachable. and
mriayonslv romote
p "a Wan thint,n, vou'u be lei 20
pmia9n
"Dnnro" uc lifted his foot md
Looked nensivelv tbe stonebruiso n
tbo = o1ggs,Wiu n can I'u sec n canY
more distant innppronchable, and
m"t G joh cnrrvir, wpter in thnt wov"
b @rhe olenhonti" che looked ocTos,
nj him w,th hrigbtcning eyes "Hoye
thcv go, n reol eienbnnt olong9 oin,i
% ai,;t SEQ seen m e,cnbont in I don't know
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pst ne anu Brurasu nr,n nau sum ST., ST.
VI tieit @ own' ine"s az seI,e.', re- ~ ,n,T.' 's
Us ynty frequently @ ulu ner conn" NV. ~
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