The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-16

| Hadvertise, IL you wants to get on-had
vertise reiterated Blossoms, the emf
nent Snowman, with a wave Of his pipe II
the direction Of the glazing posters hum
over his tents). But hadyertise in hor
thodox manner. Steer clear of sensations
an you'll come out orl right-s the top
| same's I've done
What means by horthodox CONTINUED
Blossoms) is to keep to the old tricks
Put plenty Of big pictures for folks Il
gaze en- an wonder what's inside the
is ge,tin' out ov the cage. and get up q
few narrer excapes from their clutches
make 'em roar AMI women shriek-all
them's orthodox; anythin' else isn't.
once 'ad go at somethin' novel, but new
er again.
and. for some reason or other, the folks
wouldn't patronize our show, no matter
| ow we bawled.
| The second week things went wuss; an
instead Of me putin little bit more to
the nest egg as 1 was gettin' together, an
| maxim 1t into 'undred pounds, as L 'Oped
to do, 'ad to draw on it.
To make matters wuss, the next day
found as Ow Jess 'ad bin an fallen cad
OTer'eels in luv with Jakes. the wire walk
erin as did the sensational dive through
the roof. Now. Jakes was orl right at is
business, as sharp as needle, and could
do as pretty dive into the net as any man
l ever seed. but some'ow 1 couldn't see i'm
maxim a decent 'usband for any girl what
a odi my n ri nd
an SO tells i'm off pretty straight-said
as 'ow I'd sack i'm.
A few nights after me an Jess 'ad bin
agftatin' our original propensities wivout
result. Jakes comes UP to me an says as
ow e 'ad proposal to make.
Look ere. guvnor," says he, eli you
thinks want someth;n' for my little plot
which you amt w'llin' for to give-you
knows what means-you're mistaken"
Everyone on the ground" e continues,
knows as 'ow I've got bit ov lilsin' for
Jess. an likewise as 'ow Nina, the daring
horserider. is likewise gone on me, which
amt my fault
Well. rays e, Suppose ranges wiz
Nina to ave bit ov a scene. an then tells
'er amt goin' to ave anythin' more to do
wiz er-tells 'er that afore all the crowd
who'll talk about 1t until the outsiders will
ear. and come In to sympathize wiz Ter.
after which we'll range for 'er to swear
revenge, and fire a pistol at me in the ring
durin the lerfornance-me. of course
takin' the precaution of loadin' it fust wiz
blank, for SEEM as Nina's fairly gone On
me she might make mistake an shove in
a bail OF course. the perlice will inter-
fere, bein' as 'ow there is no risk to them.
and she'll be bound over to keep the peace.
L ave already asked er opinion. an SAYS
She: Although it seems like trampIiny on
mi lows young dream, I'm wiIlin' to ac-
commodate myself to the circumstances
for G5 an q new dress for the chariot
scene"
l was simply struck dumb wiz astonish-
ment. an grasped is and in a truly CRATE
full manner.
He seemed real glad as 'ow I agreed TO
try is sensational advertisement, an walk
ed away. Soon afterward seed i'm taIkin'
an iarhn' wiz Jess. an guessed as 'ow it
were as much 'er plot as is for womenfolk
Is cute when they wants to get married
without their farver's wishes.
The same night Jakes, Jessie and Nina
come into my van an talks the matter
over. Nina was already doing the lovin'
woman business, which Jakes seemed to |
like. an Jess get real wild about. I was.
OF course. serene. and arranged for the fust !
act to come off at the next performance, |
which il did wiv a vengeance
The fust as card was Jakes sayin' some |
thin about luv. and 1 went into the dress |
ln'-room to see the fun. Nina was SPOON |
In OF i'm fairly. an all the other members
Of the company lookin' an larfin'. When
arrives C shoyes 'er away an tells 'er In
language which amt in no dictionary as |
ow ed 'ad enough OF 'er fooiin'. an never
intended to ave anythnk more to do wiz
er. because e loved another
She flushed wiz passion. which was what
vas arranged. but. unfortunately for Jakes.
she inserted another hact on Ter own, an |
ust went fol- m carried away By the ex-
'itoment ov the moment. l suppose. wiz |
er long nails she scraped all the skin off is
ace. Jakes fairly 'ovied wiz pain. an tried |
o make 'er understand as 'ow it weren't
'eal. an nearly gave the show away before
The cooled down.
As we expected. the scene got talked
about. an the next day few more folks
1aid to see the show. on purpose to see
lakes, an larf at i'm. When the ter
iormance was nearly over l seed 'er take
he pistol from among 'er skirts, and,
Then gallopin' round the ring fire roint-
blank at Jakes as she passed i'm.
cry or 'orrer assembled from the audi
nee. wiz shreks Of "Murder," an such
Ike. When | could stop larfn' rushed
II to 'er an calls for the police The
,eople was breathless wiz excitement. an
N nurmur OF relief went round when
hree come UP ana took 'ec into custody.
When they 'ad gone / congratulated
lakes on the success of is plot. an rush
ID off to bail Nina QUITO find as 'ow we'd
,one bit too far. an tumbled on a diff
ulty IS we admit reckoned on, for they
efused to let 'er go.
When Jakes seed me return wivout er,
N heerd my tale e simply rolled over
m the grass an shrieked. he did-just I
arfed an larfed. until thought ed ave
cd L (