Smyrna times., 1906-01-31

cried deliantly. Il just can't stand this
sort or thing any longer"
You don't have to-" he urged gently
You just say. the word, Sally. and IN
see your pa tomorrow"
Cant you understand. Jack Pc.
ters?' she cried, with a stamp of the
foot. THAT woman wouldn't LET me
take the high school course 'cause IN
be wantin' to so to college next. she
said. She just don't want to see me
do anything grand; just get married
and settle down shaving for some man
Just as I've been shaving for her ever
since pa married her"
Don't you think" he suggested gen
tly, that perhaps she means, we'll?
She's seen lot of the world. Mebbe
she knows 'twouldn't do no good"
There you go, preaching like all the
rest" she stormed. "Some of these
days you'll wake up and find me gone.
can be as good as her"
Il don't see why you want to go off
and be foolish jest because you don't
like Mrs. Burrows" he declared gently.
"She means we'll"
"I'm going to be like her." insisted
the girl. pointing to a lurid poster rep
resenting IL young woman in gay APP
parel standing upon the tip of her toe
on the back of a spirited horse. "She
was one of 'em slce. l guess l can
ride that way as well as ON a saddle"
"Huh," unused Peters. "a girl as can
cook as well as you amt got no call
to be trapesing round the country with
a circus"
Sally Burrows got down from the
wall "All the same" she cried def
antly, I'm .goin' with 'em," with nod
toward the circus posters. 81 guess l
can cook for 'em until can ride"
She darted off down the road. Peters
looked regretful!y after her. He knew
from experience the futility of seeking
to overtake her.
Things had been well between him
self and Sally Burrows until her father
had married circus rider who had
been thrown from her horse and left
behind by' the show until her fractured
leg grew well.
Long before that time she had won
the affections of Hiram Burrows, and
she made him a good wife. Sally, how
ever. had refused to accept her new
mother, and there had been quarrels
ever since Hiram had brought home his
bride The girl resented the intrusion
of another woman in her mothers
place and her own dethronement as
mistress of the house.
Now SHE chafed to leave the quiet
home and make a name for herself
even as the rival had done, and Jack
son Peters pleaded in vain.
He had strong ally in Mrs. Bur
rows, who saw that the girl in q home
of her own would be far happier than
in her fathers house. but this very alli-
ance was against him, and Sally from
the barn saw him go into the house,
and her slender frame shook with sobs
as she realized that Jack was talking
over her new idea with her stepnlother.
She did not, however, connect Jack
sons visit with his departure for the
county town the following day, nor did
| she realize that he carried with him a
letter to the proprietor of Wells Grand
United shows and Consolidated Men
ageries: therefore it was with no sus-
picion that she regarded that gentle
Ean's enthusiastic welcome of her
| proposition that she join the troupe and
act as cook until she could learn to be
q performer.
Just what | wanted" he cried 10
vially. you've got the very build for
a rider. We lay over here tomorrow
and I'll give you your first lesson in the
afternoon"
Sally wanted to wait, but Wells
would take no denial The show would
stay ON the grounds over Sunday, and
there was no time to be lost. She
could slip away from her people, anc
he could tell just what she could do.
Her stepmother had driven over t
the next town for a visit after the
matinee performance Saturday, ant
there was nothing to hinder her from
keeping her appointment with Wells
one of the women furnished her will
a costume from her own wardrobe, anC
Sally, blushing luriousiy At INC D'0o''i
ers. crept into the ring
Wells was teaching his own daughte
: to ride and to the center pole Of tn
toni had been added huge boon
which reached out as far as the cir
cumference Of the ring. From pulle.
at the end of this dangled a rope will
tho horrible suggestion of gallows
and beneath it stood proau paeNe'
yvbita horse. his back sticky with pow
! dered resiIl
man IN his undershlrt and overalls
looking very little like the ring maste
90 tbe afternoon before, stood talkin
LII, +ha fired faced clown. Az SD
onnoared he came toward her with
= broad canvas belt.
This the,. fastened about her Nyais
hooking the ring at the back into tn
2 DANGLING rome. The ring master lifte
d 49, - the horses back, while the GLOW
nu,,ed the rome tight, and with FEY
tr,as directions about keeping her pa
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