The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

face. II was so red hot, but he learned
q lesson. for saw him holding tired
mothers baby up on his shoulders. so
1t could see the drove Of camels come
up to the lot from the train, soon after.
1t was great to see all the tents 60 up
as IL raised by machinery. and after
all were erected, and the rings were
graded, and the animals in the
menagerie tent all fed and watered,
and the performers In the dressing
room ready for the afternoon perform
ance. pa was the proudest man ever
was. He walked all around. inspect
Ing everything. and kicking occasion
ally at something that got balled up.
and when the crowd came to buy tick
cts. he stood around the grand en-
trance, looking wise, and he was 80
good natured that hs bet ten dollars
he could guess which walnut shell
bean was under. which a threecard
monte man was losing money at. and
pa lost his ten with smile. He said
he wanted to be kiai to the patrons
OF the show.
This was my first appearance In
the show business. had to stand
up beside the giant. TO show how lit
tie I was and then had to stand
up beside the midget to show how
big was compared with him. It
went all right with the giant. be-
cause he was so big was afraid Of
him, but / thought the midget was
about my age. and needed protectida,
and when the crowd sursed aronnd us
I said: Don't be afraid. little fellow,
will see that no one harms YOU"
The look he gave me was enough to
freeze water.
When the crowd had gone into the
big show tent, what do you think,
that COMPOUNDED midget began to ask
me how stood on the tariff ques-
ton. and he argued for free trade.
whatever that Is, for half an hour.
and made me think Of Bryan dur
ing campaign, and then he
bran,hed of on to the Monroe doc
trine, which l suppose is something
connected with rival show. and T
guess he would be talking yet, only a
big, husky fellow came along. a fel-
low about rs years old. and he stopped
over ana put his hand en- the midgets
shoulder and said: Hello. dad" and
by gosh. the midget introduced me to
the big galoot as his youngest son.
Wouldn't that skin you.
The first day of the season was
great, only all the performers had
not got limbered up. One Of the
girls on the flying trapezc fell off
into the net from the roof of the
tent AMI broke her suspenders, SO
when they got her down in the
| ring II seemed as though every
thing she had on was going to shuc!l
| loose. AMI leave her with nothing
but string of beads. and pa went up
| to wrap his coat around her, and she
kicked his hat off and ran into the
f. dressing room. The audience just
| yelled and pa blushed scarlet, cause
he saw it was a putuD job to make
him ridiculous.
| During the chariot races pa had
to jump like box car to
keep from being run over by a
four-horse chariot driven by one.
horse GIRL AMI the attendants dragged
! pa out from under bunch of horses
being ridden barebacked, like fury,
| Then two horses hitched together
| with strap were being ridden by a
woman, the strap broke and the horses
spread apart. and some one yelled that
she had split clear in two. Pa rushed
in to help carry one.half of her into
the dressing-room, but she WASH,
hurt at all. cause the peanut boy
told me she was a rubber WON
an, and you could stretch her half
way across the ring, and she would
come together all right. and cat a
hearty meal. Gee, but circus Is a
| great place to study human nature.
In the evening performance at Peoria
there came up a windstorm which
blew down part of the menagerie tent
where the freaks were, and when the
storm was over, and the tent top was
| pulled up again. they found pa all
right. Ho ST. ted to crawl under the
canvas, and skip out for fear OF the
animals, but the fat lady caught him
| and sat down on him