The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-05-25

Eibility in matters of this kind
Cer they imagine the advantages
in their favor.
travelling through the State OF
rk few years ago l halted i'll
village, comprising, perhaps,
NO o. three thousand inhab-
was gala day which marked my
Gal there, for a travelling circus
pauy had arrived in town that
Ing, to the great delight Of the
ers and people from the surround
country. who were flocking in
IS in the direction Of the enchant-
ound, dressed out, with the ex-
IN Of some few shabby specimens,
Rir Sunday best.
th difficulty had my horse prov
<Hdered, and afterward elbowed my
way into the Pavilion" as it was
called by the noisy vender of tickets.
I succeeded in securing 4 seat at the
feet of what considered to be a
freshly married couple, into which /
contrived to wedge myself in very
uncomfortable manner just as the band
struck up Yankee Doodle"
oh, my! Amt that splendid:" cried
the young wife, with q sudden burst of
enthusiasm. 1t 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
he expected the troop to emerge.
The young wife looked vexed at his
Indifference to her appeal,
II don't b'lieve you've, got mite of
an ear for music, Albert" she at
length said, petulantly.
"No. Jane" he replied, with stolid
composure; II never had much Of a
hankerin' fur it, I'd rather see the
clown and them other carols chaps, /
had"
l drew the inference from appear
ances that the wife laid greater pre-
tensions to intelligence, taste and re-
finement than her liege lord, and be-
came Immediately more interested in
the rustic young couple-the one with
her vivacious black eyes, pretty face
and loquacious tongue. and the other
with his generally unruffied stolidity,
except when some stereotyped wit
ticism dropped from the lips Of the
clown, when he would open with a
broad Suffaw, which showed there
could exist 10 disease, constitutional
or otherwise, in his robust, expansive
chest-than in all the spangles and
trappings Of the circus troop or the
stale jokes of the incorrigible merry
man.
The feats of horsemanship, of ground
and lofty tumbling, seemed particu,
larly to astonish and delight Albert,
who had unquestionably never wit
messed a 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 tumbling 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 unsophisticated
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 daubeG in coarse
flaring colors half dozen monkeys
and a mammoth snake, not omitting 6
very rude likeness Of what they were
pleased to call 1.-The famous Australian
children" where a sharky- looking. glib
tongued individual, in plaid vest and
pants, with unbecomingly long hair and
q knowing twirl to his mustache. stood
mounted on a barrel, haranguing the
gaping and joStling crowd with q
graphic account Of the wonderful chill
dren, who had doubtless never seer
Australia, and the several other re
markable objects of human Interest
then and there on exhibition: the whole
of which, the greatest and most I'M
riyaled attraction in the world, might
be witnessed by the admirinS beholdel
for the NEE ger trifie of twenty-five
cents.
Albert and Jane-I was never able t
ascertain their surnames-were stand
ing Just in front of me. listening, Will
open-mouthed wonder, TO the per
suasive falsehoods Of the fellow on thu
barrel till the crowd began to hand VI
their quarters. one after another, ant
drop in. when heard the wife whisper
excitedly:
do let us go in, Albert, before every
bodyaets in and the place is filled up
You'V& got five dollars and half, ant
five will buy my new dress and trim
mings.'
The argument was not to be resisted
and the more prudent but less decide'
Albert came down with the dust
bright, new fifty-cent piece, which b
looked at twice with affectionate re
luctance before handing it up to tn
willy sharper, who still occupied hi
position upon the barrel.
/ did not follow them in, for 1 kneI
they would both cone out disSuste
with the swindle Soon enough; bu