The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-09

hit the horse on the ham with a piece
of board, and the horse went out from
under pa and he began to fall over
backwards, and 1 thought his circus
career would end right there, when
the man who had hold of the rope
pulled up, and pa was suspended in
the air by the ring in the belt, back
up. and stomach hanging down like a
pillow, his watch dangling about a
foot down towards the ring, and the
horse came around the ring again and
as he went under pa, pa tried to get
his feet on the horses back, but he
couldn't make it work. and pa said,
as cross as could be: "Lookahere, you
felers, you let me down. orr viii dis
charge every mothers son of you
But they didn't seem To be scared,
for one man caught the horse and led
ii out of the ring, and the man who
handled the rope tied it 10 the center
pole by a half hitch, and the fellows
all went into the dreSSng-r to
play cinch on the trunks. leaving pa
hanging there Just then the boss
canVa sman came along, and he said:
"Hello. old man, what you doing up
there" ana pa said some of the pi-
rates in the show hac,. kidnapped him.
ana seemed to be holding him up
for a ransom, and he said he would
give ten dollars il some one would let
him down.
The boss canVasman said he could
fix it for ten, all right and he blew a
whistle, and the gang came back, and
the boss said. Bring a blanket and
help this gentleman down; 50 they
brought n big piece of canvas. with
handles all around it, and about a
dozen fellows held it. and the rope
man let pl down on the canvas, and
\ IN Il tpl1 rim a Nxrh M =
in the canvas. he laughed and said
Thanks, gentlemen, ] guess / am
not much Of horseback rider" and
then the fellows pulled ON the handles
of the canvas and by gosh. pa shot
up into the air halfway TO the top
of the tent, and when he came down
they caught him in the canvas and
tossed him up a whole lot of time,
until pa said: 90, let up, and make ii
SEQ Just then the proprietor VIII
had introduced pa to the men cam
in and saw what was going on, an
he said: Here you heather, you qui
this hazing right here" and they le
pa down on the floor of the ring an
he got up and pulled his pants dowI
that had got up above his knees an
shook himself, and took out his rol
and peeled off a $40 bill and CAV
ii to the canvasman, and he shoe,
hands with them all, and said he like
joke as well rs anybody, and 70
them to spend the money to have ;
good time, and they all laughed, ant
patted pa on the back, and said h
was a dead game sport and Woult
be an honor TO the profession, anC
that now that he had taken the frs
degree as a circus man, he could cal
on them for any sacrifice, or any
work. and he would find that the
would be Johnny on the spot
Then we went out to the dinini
tent and took dinner with the crowd
and had a jolly time. There was
woman trapeze performer on one sid
of pa at dinner, and she began to kicl
at once about the meals, and whel
the waiter brought a piece of meat t
us ala great big piece, that looked
like corned beef. she said: 'Fo
heavens sake, amt that elephant tina
died all been eaten up yet" and theI
she told pa that they had been fec
on that deceased elephant, until they