The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-26

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BIG SHOW at JonSes balm
SatupaY
KUN i KUN avn
aDmisuN 10 EpIrSsI
The great circus had come and goIIe
and left in its wake an influence which
found expression in Willie Jones tmt5
tattYe geniuB a show OF his own. The
/ family cow, artlstically striped across
her red sides with bands of whiting.
.nonchalantIy munnhed her hay, an
Obvious to IL great plncard that an
nounced her as THE only Twin
.zebRie in CAPTIVITY. Tlge, the dog
pulled sullen1y at his heavy log chain
and seemed not to enjoy Aunt Mary'a
old collarette tied tightly about his
neck. Transforming him into e ter tBul
TIGER; 'rwhile Table, the placid, even
tempered house cat ignorant of the APP
relation "a aFrICun hYenayH las
pIacldly asleep behind formidable bars
that once detained fayorite bantam
chicken from scratching the neighbours
garden.
Across the hay=mow. Eve dizzy feet
above a ton of upland hay. was
stretched the COW rope. while a ira
peze fashioned from mothers clothes
line and three feet OF a broom hannle,
dangled nerlIously from the ratters.
Down at the carriage entrance the
band, composed of Bobbte Wilson beat
ing Eavagely on the bottom OF an old
;dishpan, was playing the overture
while Jimmie Boggs, bespangled, ro-
setted and smoothly groomed, champed
sputteringly on the BIT of Dobbin's
bride, ready for dash around the
chalked ring In an equestrian stunt
worthy of Pegasus himself!
Allswas in readiness and the crowd
flushed and eager, awaited breathless-I
ly at the door, ten pins extended In
each eager hand. With a blare of
horns borrowed from a, former Hal
lowe'en noIsetest and stuck boldly into
the mouth of The Brothers Quinn"
the circus was heralded as ready
All went merry as a marriage belt 4
The "zebRtei" prodded with a sharp
stick, cantered wildly around the ring: 1
tho ''teRtBu1 Tiger" growled and
showed his teeth, but finally jumped
nimbly over the whip Of the rthgmas-
ter, the "aFRIcUn hYeNa" obliginglyi
awoke, stretched her tawny paws,
showed her "tErtBul KLaWsr and
bumped up her f'tEriBu1 bACKl''
The applause was voctferous and
Willie Jones, Circusman. flushed with
victory, clambered onto the milking
stool and loudly proclaimed that "rhel
last thing on this programme, LADIES'
and gentlamun, will be tn dizzy par
chute leep frum tn top of tn, carriage
house by ME-, Willum Jones, tn great
est high jump artust-in-tu captiy-
ity!"
If the applause had been yociferous
before, It was deatening now. Cries
of CAV, Billy, you're tn stuff!" Go
1t, Bill!g and "ohI Obi" rent the air
amid thunderous cIapping of hands
and kicking Of feet
Cum on outside, fellers-and girls. >"
directed Willie, IAN see me leepl and
in trice the audience scampered to
the exterior and ranged along the corn
crib, ready. open-mouthed, for the
grand finale. Willie, scantily arrayedI
IN a suit of his fathers union under
wear alyly extracted from the bureau
drawer, threw OFF his linen buster and
ran ninbly up the hayloft stairs
swung easily into the cupola and
thence onto the ridge-pole OF the car
rIage house. In his hand he carried a
large. cotton umbrella which he opened
solemnly, shouted wildly to his wait
ing companions after the manner OF
the trapeze performer In the great cir
Gus. and grabbed at the rope down
which he intended to slide In triumph
to the ground:
Alas for boyish contrivance! As he
ieaped, the rope slipped. swung free
from his hand, and with a shrek VIII
lie Jores shot down the shingles to
almost certain destruction below! A
chorus of cries emanating from the
audience proclaimed the danger. Like
in arrow Willie sped down the roof
bowling in terror.
Brave circus attendants shut their
eyes, shrinking from sight OF the TER
iBul" climax. And then-Willie's
stocking caught on a nail and there
he hung, dangling from the caves,
while from his lungs there boltedH
divers cries of distress and shrieks OF
fearful anguish.
Mrs. Jones, hearing the cries, rushed
Wildly out to md her boy suspended
between heaven and earth, his precious
fife in the keeping OF one shingle nail
and the texture Of boys stocking.
snatching up ladder that stood
against The corn-crtb. she staggered
toward the dangling youth Up its
rocking sides she clambered, white and
dizzy, toward her boyl
with cry of relief she grasped him,
pulled the stocking on the mil and
Carried him bodily to safety. Gasping
for breath, Willie at last managed to-
biurt:
"It -it-ttss all right, ma; / had to-