The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-13

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A the New York Weekly the
O following spicy incident,
alall Lai coming under the writer's
immediate observation, is
not so much to set forth gaming in an
allurlng form as to show the incon-
sistency OF some In eyadlng all moral
responsibility in matters OF this kind
whenever they imagine the advantages
securely In their favor.
While travelling through the State Of
New York a few years ago halted IN
a small village. comprising. perhaps,
some two or three thousand inhab-
itants.
1t was a gala day which marked my
arrival there, for a travelling circus
company had arrived in town that
morning, to the great delight OF the
villagers and people from the surround
ing country. who We're hocking in
squads in the direction OF The enchant-
ed ground. dressed out, with the ex-
ception OF some few shabby specimens.
in their Sunday best.
with difficulty ! had my horse prov
endered. and afterward elbowed my
way into the Pavilion" as It was
called by the noisy vender Of tickets.
succeeded in securing 4 seat al the
feet Of what I considered TO be a
freshly married couple, into which !
contrlved to wedge myself in a very
uncomfortable manner just as the band
struck up Yankee Doodle"
"Oh. myl Amt that splendidT cried
the young wife, with a sudden burst Of
enthusiasm. II ought, with Justice,
have been pronounced little short Of
execrable.
The young farmer, as his appearance
indicated, made no reply, but looked
straight toward the entrance whence
be expected the troop 70 emerge.
The young wife looked vexed at his
Indifference to lier appeal
Il don't b'leye you've got mite OF
an ear for music. Aibertw she al
length said, petulantly.
"No. Jare." be replied, with stolld
composure: II never had much OF a
hankerin' fur it. I'd rather see the
clown and them other carols chaps, |
had"
drew the inference from appear
ances that the wife laid greater pre-
tensions intelligence, taste and re-
finement than her liege lord, and be-
came Immediately more interested In
the rustic young couple-t the one with
her vivacious black eyes, pretty face
and loquaclous tongue, and the other
with his generally unrufiied siolidity,
except when some stereotyped wit
ticlsm dropped from the lips OF the
clown, when be would open WITH a
broad guffaw. which showed there
could exist no disease. constitutional
or otherwise, in his robust, expansive
chest-than In oil the spangles and
trappings OF the circus troop or the
stale jokes OF the incorrlglble merry
man.
The feats Of horsemanshlp, Of ground
and lofty tumbing. seemed particu-
larly TO astonish and delight Albert,
who had unquestionably never wit
messed similar exhibition in all his
life; while Jane infinitely preferred the
comic songs and the pantomime that
concluded the performance, declaring
emphatically that she didn't like to
see them ride horseback standing up,
nor tumbllng over their heads back
ward and forward, as though they
didn't know which end they belonged
onto. 1t made her so dizzy like
Interested In the unsophistlcated
pair. kept my eye on them as they
made their way out Of the tent in close
proximity to a small side show. on the
canvas Of which was daubed in coarse
fiarlng c0lors half a dozen monkeys
and mammoth snake. not omittlng O
very rude likeness OF what they were
pleased to call "the famous Australian
children" where a sharky-looking. glib
tongued individual. in plaid vest and
pants, with unbecomngly long hair and
knowing twir to his mustache. stood
mounted on barrel, haranguing the
gaping and iostling crowd with
graphic account Of the wonderful chill
dren. who had doubtless never seer
Australia, and the several other re
markable objects Of human interes
then and there on exhibition; the whole
Of which, the greatest and most un
rlvaled attraction in the world, Nigh
be witnessed by the adnirng beholdel
for the meager trife of twenty-five
cents.
Albert and Jane-I was never able t
ascertain their surnames-were stand
ing Just IN front Of me, listening, witt
open-mouthed wonder, to the per
pudsive falsehoods Of the fellow on tn
barrel till the crowd began to hand nj
their quarters, one after another an'