St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
JACK AND DOROTHY.
How the Circus Came to Two 7aduss
triOus Children Who Couldn't
Go to 1t.

Jack and Dorothy were very sad
! The reason was that the circus was
coming to Globeville, and they could
not go. They could not even go to see
the street parade in the morning
Jack and dorothy lived out in the
country. Their father was@dead, and
they were very poor.
Jack and Dorothy were willing to
give up going to the circus, but they
did feel that it was hard that II had
to come in strawberry time. All the
! farmers round about raised straw ber-
ries, and there was cannery which
bought all they raised. The berries
were just ripe now, and Jack and Dor
othy could each make a dollar day
picking them. They began as soon as
it was light in the morning. and picked
till it was too dark to see any longer.
1t made them very tired, STOPPING over
in the hot sun all day, but dollar
day is good deal of money for such
! little girl and boy to carr, and they
were glad to get it. If they went to
| Globeville to see the parade, it would
| take half a days wages from each,
and that would mean a dollar lost.
Their mother felt as bad over it as
they did. She told them just how 1t
was, and then said that they should
settle it themselves. Jack and Dor
othy talked it over that evening, out
behind the barn, and decided that they
could not afford to go. They cried a
little over it, but they wiped away
their tears before they went in to tell
| their mother.
Jack had a very strange dream. de
thought he was in a great forest, and
that he could hear all the animals In
the world, each making its own par
ticu!ar kind of noise. The lions roared,
the elephants trumpeted, the camels
brayed and the panthers screecheu.
1t seemed to Jack that he was wander
ing in this forest for hours and hours.
The noises grew louder and louder
and nearer and nearer, till suddenly
Jack woke with a start. he thought
for moment that he was still IN the
forest, for there were all the noises
he had heard, mixed with the voices
of men shouting. He leaped from his
bed and ran to the window. There, in
the bright moonlight, were elephants
and camels, horses and dogs, and great
red wagons, pouring through the big
gate into their yard.
Dorothy! Dorothy he shrieked
,r;Ill, o,I -, ,r>f n slant tho chill.
dren were tearing madly into their
clothes and rushing barefoot down
stairs. Their mother was already up
and calling them, and she told them
that it was the circus, on its way to
Globeyille, which had stopped to water
the animals at their well.
1t took more than an hour to water
all the animals. The elephants had to
have the washtub to drink out of, and
they sucked up tubful of water at one
gulp. The doors Of the big wagons
were opened, and the children saw the
men water the lions and tigers and
leopards inside; and the lion roared,
lust as Jack had heard him in his
dream. A little pony found pail of
milk that had ben set out for the chick
ems, and drank it all up. Then he stood
up on his hind legs and begged. He
was trick pony.
Jack and Dorothy ran here and there,
bringing pals to water the animals
and cups for the men to drink from.
So at last a good natured man said:
''Those little chaps have worked
hard. Give them a ride"
Then a keeper called the children
over to the biggest elephant and said:
''Stand quiet now, and don't be afraid.
He won't hurt you"
Then he spoke to the elephant and
the elephant softly and gently put its
trunk around first Jack and then Dor
othy, and lifted them both on to it's
own great back.
Hang on. now" said the man, and
then he led the elephant all around the
yard
Then they all went away, and Jack
and Dorothy could hear the noise for
long, long time down the Globeville
road.
"Oh, mamma" said Dorothy, Eve
couldn't go to the circus. and so the