Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-29
CtrcuS vs..
Cookery
By COLIN S. COLLINS
COpyrf0ht. 1905. bN J. ". Muller
By COLIN S. COLLINS
Copyrf0ht. 1906. bp J. ". Muller

cried defiantly. Il just can't stand this
sort OF thing any longer"
"You don't have to-" he urged gently.
You just say the word Sally. and I'll
see your pa tomorrow"
Cant you understand. Jack Pc
tersT she cried, with stamp OF the
foot THAT woman wouldn't let me
take the high school course cause I'd
be wantin' to go to college next, she .
said. She Just don't want to see me /
Ito anything grand: just get married I
and settle down shaving for some man
lust as I've been shaving for her ever
ince pa married her"
Don't you think" he suggested gen.
tly. that perhaps she means well!
She's seen a 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 on
and be foolish jest because you don't
like Mrs. Burrows" he declared gently.
she means WELL"
I'm going to be like her" insisted
the girl, pointing to a lurid poster rep
resenting young woman in gay ap-
parel standing upon the tip OF her toe
on the back Of spirited horse. "She
was one Of 'em once. guess l can
ride that way as we'll as on saddle"
Huh" unused Peters. "A girl as can
cook as we'll as you amt got no call
to be trapesing round the country with
circus"
Sally Burrows got down from the
wall. "All the same" she cried def
antly, I'm goin' with EN- with a nod
toward the circus posters. Il guess l
can cook for 'em until can ride
She darted off down the road. Peters
looked regretfully after her. He knew
from experience the futility of seeking
to overtake her.
Things had been we'll 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 we'll.
Long before that time she had won
the aUcCllOlS VI DuiiO"o ~ oAA~
she made him 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 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 a home
of her own would be far happier than
in her fathers house. but this very ALI
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 stepmother
She did not. however. connect Jack
sons visit with his departure for the
county town the following day, nor die
she realize that he carried with him {
l letter to the proprietor Of Wells Crane
l United Shows and Consolidated Men
e ageries; therefore 1t was with no sus
< picion that she regarded that gentle
i mans enthusiastic welcome Of he
i proposition that she join the troupe ant
il act as cook until she could learn to b,
d performer.
il "Just what l wanted" he cried 10
vially. you've got the very build 70
rider. We lay over here tomorrow
and I'll give you your first lesson in tn
afternoon"
Sally wanted to wait, but Well
would take no denial. The show wOul,
stay on the grounds over Sunday, an,
there was no time to be lost. Sh
could slip away from her people. an,
he could tell just what she could do.
l Her stepmother had driven over t
3 the next town for visit after tn
II matinee performance Saturday, an
o there was nothing to hinder her from
: keeping her appointment with Wells
Il One Of the women furnished her wit
e a costume from her own wardrobe, an,
g Sally, blushing furiously at the bloom
: ers crept into the ring.
"a Wells was teaching his own daughte
to ride. and to the center pole Of tn
tent had been added a huge boon
which reached out as far as the Gil
conference Of the ring. From pulle
at the end Of this dangled rope wit
re the horrible suggestion Of a gallows
and beneath 1t stood a broad backe,
g white horse his back sticky with pow
N dered resin.
= A man in his undershirt and overalls
= looking very little like the ring maste
= Of the afternoon before. stood talkin,
lie with the tired faced clown. As sh
i appeared he came toward her with
Is broad canvas belt
This they fastened about her wais,
d hooking the ring at the back into tn
dangling rope. The ring master LITE,
her to the horses back. while the Glow
pulled the rome tight. and with a fey