The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-09
FINANCIAL
II. HOLBERT & SON,
Bankers anJ Brokers
s4i Robert St. ST. Paul.
lie long hours before 1t would rumble

the long hours before 1t would rumble
along.
And, say. how many youngsters of the
present day in Washington dye suppose
get out of bed before daylight to go down
to the railroad station to see the circus
unloaded from the train? Not many, I'll
boys never did it. and they're just as
much pure boy as any l know But
that was big part of the proceedings
with us-to scramble out of bed long
before sunup and hustle into our clothes
and race down to the train to see EN-
unload. The circus had always arrived
just little while before l arrived-but
that doesn't matter-I tried to get there
the big, mysterious cages pulled off tho
cars in the mystery of the early morning
darkness, with the rough foremen's voices
cussing the workmen, and the elephants
and camels prodded out of their Suriy
sleepiness with their keepers goads. We
always made 1t point to hang around
the keepers of the elephants and camelS
on the chance. the glorious chance. that
We might be hired by one of the keepers
to pack water for the animals when
the circus grounds We're reached. I've
nailed the water-packing job for the ee-
plants and camelS on several occasions,
and on some occasions l got the ticket for
the afternoon show that had been prom
ised me, and on others l was hurried off
the circus lot by a blue painted stick
in the hands of my deceptive keeper or
some measley tentman.
But the gloom or the udy AFTER LHo
circus had gone away. The misery OF
awakening on the morning otter the show
day and of gradually being compelled to
accept the knowledge that circus day had
gone! The pain OF that was mighty acute,
m telling you-it was almost more acute
to me than the misery of awakening ON
the morning Of the 5th of July and OF
having TO feel that all of the fireera cKers
were mere busted bits Of red paper scat
tered all over the lott But there was
always one remaining consolation on tha
morning after for the kids of my day
they could. and did, go out and trot
around the side broker end deserted main
ring where the great gentlemen and ladies'
had performed their miraculous stunts ON
their ambling SteedS- In going out to the
deserted main ring, however. we'd have
to pass by the bill boards. and how diff
ferent and dreary they seemed. now that
the ma gnificent things that they portrayed
had gonei"-Washington Star.
I'VE used to watch EN- forming the pa
rade on the grounds and follow 1t all
around the town for miles. 1t used to
hurt me terribly when my good mother
would gently request me to go to the cor
rer for a loaf of bread or a sack of salt
when it never hurt or bothered me to talsd
the middle of the-rOad dust Of those cir
Gus parades all over town-never so much
as tired me- I'd imagine that the un-
the riding women in the frayed and fraz-.
Zed Velveteen habits were just about as
near the crest of society as 1t was pos
sible for human beings to be. and no
or heard of were in it for a minute with
the worn looking woman in the tinsel WIG
rode in the parade on the backs OF tina
elephants.
II won't attempt to describe the deliri-
GUS delight of visiting the show itself-and
1 notice that my boys don't appear to be
particularly enthused over the interior o,
the big tent, at that. 1t used to simply
hold me spellbound, but burned If my
boys don't kick II they haven't got some
place to rest their feet while they're
watching the ring show-rest their feeti
Well, I'd like to have seen the boy of my
date who needed to rest mis- feet whils
at a crcusi