The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-09-26
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home trimming with excitement
and never left of talking about
the coming show all through
dinner. | said j thought it
would be nice 10 go, too, and
finally Aunt Jennie looked across
the table at Us and said.
"Well, III take YOU 10 II, chill
dren. II will be all right vii IL,
Henry?' she added, turning 10
papa. Papa had been looking
over the letters that had come
during the day and hadn't heard
a word, and had 10 have the
whole thing explained 10 him.
Then he astonished Us BY an
swering promptly:
81 should think il rather awk-
ward for you 10 90 alone with
them, Jane, but If they have set
their hearts upon il, why, III go
along"
Aunt Jennie murmured some
thing about il being quite unDec-
essary, and too bad 10 take him
away from bis business. and then
dinner was over and Bob and ]
could hardly wait for the next
afternoon, when the show was to
come off.
Aunt Jennie, You know, is
mammals sister. She has ALWAYS
lived with us. She is not pretty
and gay like dear mamma was.
Dear, beautiful mamma. II is
almost three years since she
went away from us. Oh, il was
dreadful at first. Aunt Jennie
had always taken the care of Us,
but how proud We were when
mamma would come in in her
beautiful ball gown and kiss us
good night. II was something TO
dream about. / remember one
night papa asked Aunt Jennie if
she didn't wish she was going
along, and she said: Mercy, no,
Henry. What would / do at a
ballT''
Well. after mamma died papa
grew grave and cross and rarely
spoke. Only Aunt Jennie
seemed the same. and it did seem
as if she played more games with
US and made little picnics and
took Us out more even than she
did when mamma was alive.
Well, the day got there at last,
and just as We were ready TO
start, sure enough, papa got
home from the office, and away
we all went together. You know
how a circus is most always in
some ont of the way place, par
ticularly in city where vacant
lots aren't very plenty. We had
TO walk quite way after leav-
ing the car, and as we were
crossing the end Of big field,
in the corner of an old stone
wall. Aunt Jennie discovered a
bunch Of green catn;p. ooh,
must take il home TO SilvertOes,
she exclaimed. SilyertOes is our
big Maltese cat, you know.
"Oh, Aunt Jennie, are you go
ing to carry that old stuff all
around with us?7 | asked.
"It's so hard to get il nice and
fresh, DEAR" she said, land
don't mind carrying ii a bit"
And papa actually smiled and
said:
always thinking Of someone
besides yourself, Jane"
And Aunt Jennie just buried
her nose in tine catnIp and didn't
look up.
We finally got to the circus
ground, and, after we had beer
all around and looked at the ami
mails, we came into the TEN
where the performance was t.
be given, and papa got reserved
seats for us all. They were pref
ty dose down to the ground, fol
we were a little late and all o.
the really best seats were taken
Well, il was a grand show
Bob and l Always say that, M
matter what happened after
oh, there was such splendid rid
ing, and beautiful lady all il
white and gold, who jumped
through hoops, and an IndiaI
iuggler who swallowed sword
and pulled yards and yards o
ribbon out of his mouth, and ;
man who "loOped the loop" on ;
Il II