The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-05-20

THE music. the sound of flying hoofs,
the uproar of the animals, the wild
applause, were still ringing in her ears
when Tex broke the spell with: Bet
We can't do it again!"
'Humph! that's nothin'," Petersen's
Bah shifted, trying to hold out her
limp little cotton skirt as Mile. Sylphine
had held her gauzy wings. And after
another mad chase around the corral,
poor frightened PEDRO was caught and
made to take his second hurdle.
But the applause of Tex and Stiffy
was not satisfying. Digging her little
brown heels into Pedro'S ribs, and TAX
ing the three-rail fence as easily as
Mile. Sylphine herself would have done,
the two untamed young creatures
Bah and Pedro-galloped at full tilt
up the trail.
"Oh, Pedro, can't stand it any
longer!" the girl whispered into his
sympathetic ear, as, looking out across
the bare, brown hills, the deserted
"diggings," the struggling cabins in the
vicinity of Timuc', choking sensation,
which might have come from the clouds
of fine red dust and might not, gripped
her throat
Fresh roasted peanuts here! Two
bags for nickel" Balloons, balloons,
ten cents apiece!" Lemonade and soda
water, two straws in glass;" This
time it was the gay reality.
And now for the first time this dar-
ing feat" arose the deep tones of the
ringmaster, lis to be performed before
this vast and intelligent audience. -
Pausing an instant to give the audience
time to grasp the nature of the i'm
pending feat, he announced, 1.-THE
One and Only Lady Somersault Rider,
the Unquestioned Champion Eques-
trienne of the World, Mile Babette'
An instant the cries of the peanut
'venders" were stilled, the hum of the
voices ceased, the band licked Off a
subdued rocco, the roaring of the
Gagged animals alone was not sup
pressed. Thousands of eyes strained
toward the greenroom tent, while the
lay, eXpatiated upon the perils of the
feat.
Meanwhile the Unquestioned Cham
pion Equestrienne chung desperately tC
Beppo, and sobbed, 'Oh, Jim, l can't!
/ can't do it,
9 introducing complete somer-
sault from one horse to another while
both rapidly circle the ring" reached
the ears of the trembling little One anC
Only, as BeppO, through his painted
mask, answered: Hush, they're wait
ing for you. You must go on. There
quick, you're all right" And pushing
her gently from him, he ran to tn,
springboard, jumping headlong into th'
ring, which brought down the house
and gave poor Babette a moment il
which to grip her courage.
Pedro, when his rider appeared
pranced eagerly toward her. TIL
crowds, eager to witness the DANCE
and risk promised them, leaned for
ward and applauded her entrance
Beppo. balancing on a pole like a re-
Daruma. held his breath and watche,
her as, with one quick spring, the Tn
questioned Champion reached tn
blanket.
She's all right now" he assures
himself, as a group of other clown
sprang upon him and he went dow
from his perch; but he kept his eye
fixed anxiOusly upon her.
Drunk, old man." asked one of tn
merry-andrews, noticing Beppo's un
steadiness as he walked with his fee
in the air
Nope, it's Bah; she's off tonight,
he answered. Then. Gee, but wish
was over" the painted fool sighed t
himself, making his way crab-wise
the edge of the ring.
AS Beppo righted himself a f1yin
figure flashed past him, balancing airil
on one foot and throwing kisses to th
audience. Steady Pedro" he got clos
enough to call, as he caught glimps
of the white face above the glitterin
spangles. Pedro heard the well-know
voice, and for a moment felt the fore
of its command, but they had been tw
days on the road with no exercise, an
his spirits were running uncommon
high.