The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-11-17

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70 see the animals. and The tent blew
down. and We got separated. and the
sacred COW chased me up the church
steps. And Hennery and . monkey
were brought home BY policeman
about daylight the next morning. that
time you were OF fishing. and ! never
told you abou. going 10 the circvs
when you were away. 30 We are c.f.
Gus proprietors. are we! Well. T.
ain't ~ bad" and M went upstairs to
cry at our success. and pa and vent
out TO walk on the effects Of the break
Ing the news to ma.
had n long talk with pa about oui
changed circumstances. and asked him
what I would be expected 10 do
In the show. and he says !
will ht In anywhere. lie say5 that
. boy who knows as much abou.
everything as I think know. but
don't know a blamed thing about will
be Invaluable about q show. and thai
going Into n new business Is like go
Ing to college AZ q freshman. ~ all
the old circus men will haze Us. and
We must not expect an easy life, but
one full Of excitement. sleepless nights,
ginger. the glare Of the torchliehts
the races. the flying trapeze, the smell
OF the sawdust and tanbark. the howl.
Ing OF the Wild beasts. and the plaudits
OF the multitude Of Jays and jayesses,
and II will be like one grand circus
day spread all over the summer end
fall. lie says he ant me 10 Learn
the circus business from the ground
up. from the currying VI the hycnas
with n c%urrycofnb and brush. to going
up Into the roof Of the tent ON the
trapezc and falling into the net, while
the audience faints with excitement.
April ii-Ms and pa have hae
several discussions about what kind
OF n position Il Is going TO leave her
In. among the n~elghbors. for pa and J
to 80 of with a circus. and ma want.
ed to withdraw from the church. AMI
board up the windows Of tho house.
and make folks think We had gone
TO the scashorc. bu, pa convinced her
that w would have preaching In the
main tent every sunday. and he a
there Is nc more plous lot Of people
on earth than those who trayei with
u circus. and then ma wanted 10 ~
alorg. She said she could do the
mcnding " the long socks that the
women wear when they ride hare
backed, but We had TO shut dowa ON
mas going with the show, cauSc We
never could have any fun with a won
an to look after. ia says nowadays
the men and women who ride on barr.
back horses In tho ring dress In iegu.
lar evening costume. the women with
low-neck dresses, and long trains. AMI
the men with swallow.tail coats ard
patent leather shoes. and they are a
polite as dancing masters.
We have compromised with ma. and
she Is To meet the show at Kalamazoo
and 10 with Us to Kankakee and kco-
kuk until she Is overcome by nervous
proNration. when We shall have her
80 home. Pa thinks ma would last
aboli two days with the show. but
l guess II she took a course Of treat.
men with peanuts and red lemonade
a afternoon aud evening. she would
want TO throw up her Job, and 80
back home In charge Of a stomach spe
olalist.
Well, pa showed up at the house 10
bis circus clothes, this afternoon and
he certainly IA a peach. Pa has been
letting his chin whlskcrs grow for about
six weeks, and to-day he had them
eolored black, and he looks "a though
he had swallowed the backing brush
AMI left the bunch Of bristles outside
on his chin. lie looks derce. Then
he has got a new brand OF silk hat
with a wide, curling brim, and he hal
had a vest made OF black and blue
check goods. the checks aS big as the
checks on a checker board. and a pair
OF pants that look like a diamoad.
back rattlesnake. and he has got an
Imitation diamond stud In his white
shirt that looks like a paper weight.
Ma wanted to know II there was
any law 10 compel pa to dress like
that, cause he looked as though he
was q gambler or n train robher. Ia
says that a circus proprietor has got
70 look different from anybody else,
In order To Inspire fear and respect on
the part OF the hands around the
show. a. wen as the audiences that
lock To the arena. and he asked ma
II she didn't remember old Dan i.lce,
aud old John Robinson. Ma dldn re-.
member them. hut she rememlt red
barnum. because Barnum lectured On
temperance, and she said she hnneJ