The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-26

direction. Inc old mans face was a
study. He stared at the apparition, a
cackle frozen in it's incipiency. The
Clown gazed at him attentively while
silence reigned throughout the vast
| tent for the space of several minutes.
Amt it funny?" he observed at
length in a conversational tone, as
though he had solved the problem sat
| isfactorilY.
The effect was electrical. Men, wom-
EN- and children, white and black,
shrieked and shouted their thunderous
| applause, Uncle Bob, meanwhile, sit
| ting In an APPARENTLY collapsed attitude
| The Clown bowed right and left as
| though receiving his just plaudits,
making a series of pantomimic ges-
lures, including Uncle Bob and him
| self which were infinitely funny.
"Hy. there!" shouted the ringmaster,
| while even the nonchalant young lady
| bareback rider, who sat her snow-white
steed in expectancy, looked on with a
| smile of interest.
Come down, sir" Numbered the
ringmaster, controlling with some diff
ticulty his inclination to levity, the sit
uation being comcal in the extreme
the irreverent Clown and the dignified
J not to say elegant old man, who for
| once sat silent. his faculties utterly
routed by the force of circumstances.
| The ringmaster cracked his whip fore
|
| the Clown, who appeared no wise dis
posed to come down from his perch
beside Uncle Bob. "can you tell me
the difference between a circus and
camp meeting?"
| THE difference between"-began the
ring master Professionalism l don t
| know-a good deal should say
Give it up?' observed the Clown,
looking round the tent.
| II do" answered the ring master
| looking up eXpectantly.
| 80 do l." cackled back the Clown,
| inanely-"but my recreant friend here,
Uncle Bob, the camp meeting pulpit
orator" was too much for Uncle Bob
the difference, If any existed in the fer
tile Imagination of the circus Jester.
was destined to be unrevealed: the old
| man had risen, trembling but firm
| cries of Uncle Bob, Uncle Bob'-were
heard in different parts of the tent. at
testing to his extreme popularity cast
| ing his eyes round the reserved seats
he even caught a glimpse of his beau
| tiful young mistress, bending anxiously
in his direction; by her side. sat Mr..
Tom, who gave friendly nod and wave
to him. Edging away from his tor
| menter, he spoke at last, the Clown en-
| forcing silence by an imperative ges-
| ture:
| Marse-er-rur-Clown -I-er-bin
| CONFERENCE.-The Dy DFlSe-DOL
| KNOWN dat you-er-rur-done run
out Oh jokes-sens dat de case"-re-
gaining fiuency from past remembered
| successes as a public speaker-'Tse
| proud ten be de 'cashun OBJ funnishin'
( you de mattel feb frdish en'tainmint,
so dat you kin glib disha cong 'gashun
hits moneys wuff OBJ fun. Eff yon
wants teh fin out de dffunce tween err
| succus an er camp meetin'-dough |
amt sayin' boff oh 'em ain good in
dey own place-hit would glib us all
| pleagure ter hab you meet wild disha
| same cong gashun on de fus' oh n@ix
| mont. on de 'cashun oh de yeahly camp
meotin'. which TEX place on desc heah
same succus groun's. an while we
cyarn' call on you ter occupy de pull
pit, des 'zackly we kin ev'y one. oh Us,
| promise ten stan up an lead off in
prar fob you, in cole blood, amer
| rur--" but every soul in the tent was
| guffawing so loudly by this time that
| the rest of the unique speech was lost.
The irreverent Clown, grasping Uncle
| Bobs hand and wringing 1t up and
down like a pump handle, sang out in
| a whining tone: "I'll be there, brother,
| I'll be there"-while he sprang down
off the seats, and vaulted back into
| the ring, with a flourish to the audience
and an AFFECT bow to the ring master.
The balance of the performance went
|
| panded with more than his usual impor-
lance since he had sprung so sudden
| ly into notoriety. He remained to the
| concert, his friend, the Clown, having
| seen that tickets to reserved seats
were passed UP for his use. On it's con-
clusion he once more made the round
| Of the animals followed by quite a
retuine; the Clown was in close attend
| ance, bent on doing the honors. De-
| nuded of patches, and paint, and look
| ing to Uncle Bob'S surprise, like 4
, sober, serious, well-bred young man.
| The only contretemps was the elevd-
] ton of Mark upon the elephants back,
| which feat was accomplished by for
ward movement of that sagacious ami
mails trunk. in obedience to an under
| hand wink from the clown, with whom
| he was wont to perform his tricks in
public. When Mark was borne aloft,
hll-day sucker. flag and squirming
black legs commingling in one harmoni-
Gus whole, Mrandy fell to screeching
and praying. The docle mountain of
flesh levelled itself to earth and lay
down on the ground, whereupon Mark
was extricated from his perilous plight,
none the worse for wear and inclined
to crow over his twin who had been
left out of this charming side show.
The performance was repeated with
Hanna as chief actor, this time, dur
ing which M'randy knelt and prayed,
looking up as at a shrine on the sum-
NIT of a mountain top. UnSle Bob
laughed and cackled more toyously
than ever.
Dat sho' was fine" he sighed out
in ineffable content, preparing to de-
part, having taken in everything in
sight at no expense to himself-fat
lady, human skeleton, etc.-"an sho'
is bleeged ter you. Marse Clown
bowling low, and with great elegance.
You are more than welcome" said
the Clown. shaking hands with him in
q most friendly manner. What time
did you say your camp meeting came
Off"
DE fus' oh naix mont" answered
Uncle Bob, looking much pleased. "All
right: I'll be there" said the Clown,
raising his hat and smiling quite
cheerfuIly, " for such a sad-looking
gentleman as he appeared in every
day life. Goodbye, then, till the next
camp meeting"
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