The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
AFTER MANY YEARS.
& Woma Recognized Her Lo g-Lost
Brother On the Trapeze.
SISTER OF A CLEVER ACROBAT,
Who Was Riskins His Life, Had
Not Seen Him for Fifteen
Years, Now Happily
Reunited.

Away up among the ropes at Bar
rum & Bailey'S great circus, flashing
from one trapeZe to another, Ike a
nying squirrel in scarlet, Charley Sci
.riSt went through his dangerous turn
I a Cincinnattl.
Alouduy night, far below in a box a
conan in silks and SatinS, with her
ace blauclled from fear, recognized
\ him The brother she had not seen
ror Is years and whom she had mourn
i as dead. The woman was Mrs.
I.ucy Al!cn.o Portland Ore, who had
urneyed from there to see him when
ne heard from friends he was alive.
AS the brother riSked his life he
tile thought his devoted sister
'atched feveriSbly his every move; he
new not she was there. And SO
.vhen it was all over be made his way
) the dressing tent.
Charley" said fellow-performer,
there's lady waiting to see you"
To see ne?" the acrobat exclalm-
/. Il Know no one here"
Well, here's her card, anyway y
aid the man, as he handed over the
aSteboard.
Mrs. james Allen" read SeigrisJ.
i don't know her." and so saying,
tipped the card aside and finished
reSSing.
Once more ne looked at the card. In
1ae corner he saw some very faint
pencil marks. They were formed into
{: name, and be started as he read it:
Lucy Patterson"
IN CLOSE EMBRACE.
In another second be had bounded
2ut OF his dressing room and was hold
ing in his arms the woman who had
watched him from the box.
Sister, sister, sister," ht murnur-
ed in 9 baptism of happiness, as be
covered her teaT-wet face with kisses.
Later when they left the show
grounds, bliss supreme was depicted
upon the countenance OF each.
Their is a story replete with strange
happenings, adventures, hardshipS,
suffering. love, sacrifices and the
other emotions Of man.
Charley Patterson was born IN
Portland, Ore. He says he can not
remember the time when he could not
10 gymnastics. At years OF age he
was doing tumbling acts with lot Of
older boys in saw dust pile near bis
home, when two men approached.
HE WAS KIDNAPPED.
A swimming pool was nearby, and
they asked Charley to show them the
way. The moment they were out OF
the sight Of his companions one Of
them picked up the little chap and
made for a buggy.
For a year after the kidnapping
Charley was whipped into his acts,
out finally be contrived to escape,
when showing near home, and made
his way back, only to ind his mother,
and father dead and ali the family
gone away save one brother.
Then Charley sold papers. To at
tract attention, he did tumbling
stunts of high class nature on the
streets. One day a man watched the
little chap perform. The next day
Charley Patterson had disappeared.
Where he had gone no one could tell.
For four years the young acrobat
led miserable existence. Beaten,
kicked and starved 10 private, be was
smiled upon and exhibited in public.
1t was while showing in Rochester
that Charley got ride of bis heavy yoke.
Shortly after a performance one night
The man beat his charge numerically,
and the cries Of pain from the little
COY attracted the attention Of passer-
by, Charles Lee: circus man, and
il second the lads tormentor was
Sorawling upon the ground and his
Tile Of Woe untolded into his rescuers
ar.