The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-02-15

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cut at full length.
Lutte looked almost exhausted.
II tell you. joe" he said after lit
tie while, lets give UP going all the
way to Rosevale. Let's stay here and
rest. and then go back to the mainl
road and wait there until the circus
comes along. l don't think we could
any more than get to Rosevale now
before the circus starts for Temple
ton. What do you say?"
AS was about to make this propo-1
s!tion myself. it met with my hearty
approval, and we rolled over on thed
soft hay with delightful sense OF
rest and comfort. Lutte lay fat on his
back with his straw hat over his up
turned face, and was sprawled out
with my head on my arm. remember
that Lutte said something to me that
1 did not quite hear. and that I num-
blcd n half-intelligib!e reply. Then
we were both silent.
knew nothing more until 1 felt
Lutte shaking me roughly and saying.
"Joe! Joe! For mercy's sake, wake
upv
sat up, rubbing my eyes and yawn-
ing with vague sense Of not know
ing where was.
"What time do you suppose It is"
asked Lutte.
Il don't know" I said, with another
yawn, while 1 stretched my arms
above my head and strove to throw
off my persistent drowsiness.
"Well, 1 know that it must be every
minute of IL o'clock. If it is not later!
Where do you reckon that circus is by
this time"
At this I became wide awake. I
looked blankly at Lutte, and said:
20 Lutev'
"You'd better say % Luter Look
at that sunv'
He pointed to the open space be-
tween the branches of the trees above
US.
"Why. Lutte" I said, ut must be
long after noon"
1T is long after the time for the
circus to reach Templeton. What did
you 60 to sleep for?'
"What made you go to sleepT"
Lutte made no reply to this question,
but Jumping to his feet, he said:
Lets hurry out to the main road
and start for home. My, isn't 1t hot?"
We met a man on horseback when
we reached the main road. asked
him If he would tell US what time 1t
was.
"Ten minutes after l." he said, after
glancing at his watch.
"And the afternoon performance OF
the circus begins at 2, and we are a
good twelve miles from Templeton"
groaned Lutte.
"And it feels as If the thermometer
were about q hundred and forty IN
the shade" said. as l looked down
the long stretch Of dusty road, with the
heat quivering above 1t.
"This looks like riding into Temple
ton on the back of an elephantv' said
Lutte, moodily, when we had gone
aboue half q mile, and we were al
ready dugt-covered and persp1ring
from every pore. 'This looks as II
we should make the other boys turn
green with envy! They'll never get
through guying US about this"
"Wel get home in time for the
evening performance, anyway"
said.
Eyes, II we don't melt on the road.
I guess you'll know it the next time
you see me going twelve miles to meet
a circus, and then tumbling off to sleep
while it passes! Oh, We'll never hear
the end Of this!"
His prediction came near being veri-
fed. We were unable to keep our mis-
hap a secret, and all Templeton had a
laugh at our expense. It was a little
after 6 o'clock when weary. dusty,
hungry and forlorn. we walked into
the village. We went to the evening
performance in the circus tent, but
we had missed seeing the grand street
narade in the morning, and the other
bows were eager to affirm that 1t was
rs good as the regular circus perform
ance. They declared that we did not
know What we had missed, but we
found at least some compensation
when we sat on the top row of seats
with two glasses Of pink lemonade
and two chunks Of gingerbread
watching the performances In the
ring.-Youth's Companion.
The Choice Seat I'm the Church.