The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Our Daily $bcrt Story

/, fluttered back and mechanically lifted | the shimmering train, and the doli-like thing bent so low in an old time cour- tesy that the top fthe ashen -blond head showed its perfect coiffure. Then 1t swept to position. The snowy eye lids flew open wide for the first time and 9 pair of big. glassy, brilliant eyes looked straight ahead.
 That thing must have cost Hempy a lot," one fellow remarked to an- other. Finest one I've seen here yet. He clears enough out of his bar ev- cry night to buy a new dummy. all right. Say, Jack. what makes you so white around the mouth"
 "If I didn't know the thing in there was wax. I'd swear 1t was Gabrielle Grey. the girl that done me up for the last cent had last fall in Dem yer" the other grasped.
 somebody's allus thinkin' they knows Ter, she's that real" Reddy ex- plained to Snipe. "Every time I sees CT some duffer's got a new name fer 'er Ain't she bute, though? Bet yer life. Sure. Wait now till she turns this way and drops them eyes down here?'
 The. old woman was still leaning against the glass. She was peering at the puppet in the white dress, instead of the crowd now. A shaking. bony hand was on either side the sunbonnet which hid her features away from sight.
 The white hand of the waxen fig ure swung to it's sides. The feet hitched, and 1t veered slowly in the direction occupied by the boothlaeks and the old woman. The red lips never lost their set smile. The shining eyes flew from side to side; jerked upward: dropped straight ahead, and gave a quick left-eyed wink; jolted down. and seemed to rest square on the face under the stat sunbonnet
 The crowd yelled its approval.
 "Elmy! Elmy! My gail" auavered 2 faltering high-pitched voice. I've out ter thar ter yer poo ole nanny, childr'
 "'Er eyes is stuck" Reddy observed as the staring orbs of the automaton were still fixed on the face under the sunbonnet. You'd better shet your noise old woman, Jr cop will haul youse in Look. you've broke 'er now with yer yellin'."
 But the wax figure was not broken for 1t was moving again. Slowly. 1t turned away. Stiffly the left hand went up to the left side. Awkwardly the right hand took the lace handker- chief from the belt and pressed 1t over the set smile,
 "Oh, Elmy, ain't yer goin' ter speak ter yer poo ole nanny who's walked clear acrost Missoury ter find yer, child?" came from under the saggin bonnet in an agonizing wall.
 'Now youse have split 'er." cried Reddy. T never seen Ter give such a dinky show. Youse has run Ter down--or done suthin' to 'er with yer lscreechin'."
 The figure behind the glass was standing as tiff and stark as any mammet could possibly stand. The white hands hung limp. The wide, un- winking eyes looked out over the heads of the gaping crowd into space, | with d vacant stare
 The old woman threw back her slat- sunbonnet as if 1t smothered her in It's gloomy shadow. Her lean hands picked feebly at her tattered shawl. Her hungry eyes traced every line of the figure in white satin.
 "Elmy, Elmy," she pleaded as she fell to tapping on the window.
 The eyes of the girl of wax never faltered. The white hands did not move. The full bosom. was notion less. The red lips still smiled.
 Thre was a commotion in the crowd as the old woman turned wild lv and fought her way toward the
 
 gold was beside it on a raised plat form, calling out the wonders of the ] place and taking in the dimes for tickets She pushed past him.
 "where's your ticket?" enauired the doorkeeper Cant see the show with out ticket"
 'I hain't got no ticket I don't want to see no show! I'm after my Elmy she panted.
 "Elmy?" questioned teh man in green. "Yes. my Elmy. that's her in that all dressed in white. I've been a-hunt- 1 in fer"
 "stap aside. madam" he ordered. not unkindly. My dear woman, that's one of the wax figures that belongs to the World of Wonders"
 "A wax fig're" she moaned.. while the tears started down the wrinkles in her shrunken cheeks. "Oh. mister, If had the money left I'd go in jest to see it closter--and hold 1t in my poo empty arms if was fitten, they've been empty so long--and sine seems like my gal even if she's only the image of Eimy. Oh, if 1t was her I'd praise the Lord till my last breath fer findin' her bers"
 Tt wonld not be just the place to he thankful to find her in" the man in green unused half aloud. as he turned with q strange expression and looked where the lackey in hiue and black was dropping the curtains be- fore the beautiful figure Of the girl.
 The old woman's eyes followed the ticket sellers and her Raunt frame shook in silent misery as the puppet that had looked so much like her way ward girl was shut away from sight.
 Pass on. madam" the man in green commanded
 Too proud to beg admittance she turned and took her way along the crowed thoroughfare. peering as be- fore into the face of every girl she met
 'Ioony as a lobster" one bootblack told the other. as they followed in hsF | wake.
 ] Back in the World of wonders"