The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Jackson Peters regarded the girl by
hs side almost with horror
Il cant help what you think" she
.ried defiantly. Il inst can't stand this
,ort of thing any longer.
You don't have to- he urged gently.
You just SAY the word, Sally. and III
ece your pa tomorrow"
Cant you understand. Jack Pc
tcrs? she cried. with stamp of the
foot THAT woman wouldn't let me
take the high school course cause I'd
be wantn Ia 20 to college next. she
said. She inst don't want to see me
10 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
tlN. that perhaps She means wellE
She's seen lot of the world. Mcbbe
she knows 'twouldnt do no good
There you go, preaching like all the
rest" she Sturmcd. Some of these
days you'll wake mp and find me gone.
| can be IA, good AZ her.
L don't SEE why you WANT TO go OF
and he foolish Jest because YOU don't
like Mrs. burrows" he declared gently.
she means we'll"
I'm going to he like her" insisted
the girl. pointing to Il lurid poster rep
rescnting Il. Young woman in gay ap-
parel standing upon the tip Of her toe
on the back Of Il spirited horse. "She
WAS one of 'cm once. | guess can
ride that way rs well as on saddle.
"Huh. unused Peters. "A girl rs can
cook as we'll as yon amt got no can
to be trapcSng ronnd the country with
a 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
can cook for Gu until can ride.
She dartcd off down the road. Peters
looked regrcifully after her. He knew
from experience the futility Of seeking
10 oyertakc her.
Things had beel well between him
self and Sally burrows until her father
been thrown from her horse and left
behind by the show until her fractured
leg grew well
Long before HAT time She had won
the affections of Hiram Burrows, and
she made him Il good wife. Sally, how
ever. had refused to accept her new
mother. and there had been quarrrlS
ever since Hiram had brought home his
bride. The girl resented the intrusion
of another woman in her mothers
place and her own dethronemcnt 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. ana Jack
son Peters pleaded in vain
He had a 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 90 into the house,
and her slender frame shook with Sobs
as she realized that Jack was talking
over her new idea with her stepmOthcr.
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
agcries; therefore it was with no Sus-
picion that She regarded that gentle
mans enthusiastic welcome Of her
proposition lhat She join the troupe and
act as coax until She could learn to be
a performer
Just what | wanted. he cried jO-
yially you've got the very build for
a rider We lay over here tomorrow,
and III 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, and
he could tell lust what she could do.
Her stepmolher had driven over to
the next town for a visit after the
matinee performance Saturday. and
there was nothing to hinder her from
keeping her appointment with Wells.
one of the women furnished her with
costume from her own wardrobe, and
Sally blushing furiously at the bloom
ers. crept into HE ring
Wells WAS teaching his own daughter
to ride. and 10 the center pole of the
tent had been added = huge boom
which reached out as far as the cir
cumference of the ring From pulley
ut the end of This dangled a rope with