Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-23
$ BILL" TAKES A RIDE
ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AND
GIVES HIS OPINION

OF II and Its Patrons-FalIs In With the
Marry Maidens Who Make Business for Its
Manager in a Contest tor "Smear- Case"
Watch
Did / ride on the merry go-round?
Well reckon yes. was in Olympia
to do my spring trading when | heard
the queerest music | ever heard. 1t
seemed to be a cross between a hand
organ and trombone solo by Tom
Prather. l followed the sound up I'M
til | came to a tent. There was Il
crowd OF young girls and boys around
it, and inside the tent was circus
ring that furnishes its own transpor-
tation. They had the band concealed
in a piano-crate, in the ring.master's
place. ! was afterwards told. that the
reason they kept the band out OF
sight was because the musicians would
try to make a mash on the girl who
was ahead in the watch-voting game.
While was standing there, a young
fellow came to me and said: "Bill,
you want to vote for Miss Slimwaisty
SNOWFALL if you ride. She is now 90
600 votes behind, but wait until to-
morrow when the gang gets sober,
then there will be doin's." In short
time another young chap came up and
said: "My dear Mr.. William Clover,
we would be extremely happy if you
would cast your votes for Miss Hubble
bubbles of Mob Hill, if you ride"
Finally there was young lady who
had her hair done up in seventeen
ways, each in the latest style, and one
OF those hats that looks like hay.
stack with fruit-farm on the si1e, on
her head. She came up in smiling,
bashful way, and young man in
formed me she was Miss Slmwaisty
SNOWFALL, who now stood 10000 votes
behind in the flled-watch contest, but
that she was willing to catch up if she
could get the votes. / invited Miss
Slimwaisty to take a ride with Bill.
We got on to one of them seats, and
some one blew whistle and we were
off. When we started it seemed like
we would be dumped out at every turn
OF the ring; that is the real pleasure
of this kind of circus riding. Miss
Slimwaisty did not try to entertain
your Uncle Bill. In fact she was too
busy watching four or five young fel.
lows gathering tickets for her, that
she went back on Yours Truly. When
the ring stopped Miss Waisty got out.
| was still sitting in my seat, q reckon
the girls noticed me blushing) when
sumner of a girl came my way. She
didn't wait to be introduced. but did it
her own sweet self. She said: Why,
Mr.. Clover, how do you do? / am
pleased to see you in Olympia. Be
you going to ride much?" l informed
her 1 would see the performance
through. "Oh how nice" she ex-
claimed, "Iou see i am Miss Hubble
bubbles, and l am a mile ahead in this
case filled affair, but would be happy
to beat them ten miles," l invited
her to ride with Bill. She sat down
beside me and the race was on. Miss
bubbles did not look at any one but
Yours Truly. She told ME she did
not care for the old smear cased
watch, but she did want to side-track
the big hated Miss Slim. When the
ring stopped Miss bubbles still sat
with your Uncle and he was happy.
/ felt so good | then and there bought
~ worth of tickets and gave them to
her and received one of them iall-into.
my-arms-andmelt smiles that only an
Olympia young lady can hand out.
When the home stretch came around
again Miss bubbles got ont, and soon
l seen her hand one of them winning
smiles to another young man, while
he raised his hat with one hand and
searched his pockets for change with
the other.
The fellow that owns this run-by.
itself circus will soon 60 back East
and buy out Willie Vanderbilt, and
still have little change left. The
young fellows in Olympia will all
think they are 1t until the contest is
over; then it will be all off. The
young ladies, bless their hearts! they
will still be charming young ladies,
but the one who wins that smeared- |
cased watch will be supremely happy.
II that fellow of run-about circus
fame would put upa watch for the
homliest man William Clover would
win in contest. CLOVER BILL.