The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-08
Through ST. Stress sS Of Competition mpotitiioonn.


nge atmosphere of matrimony
approaching the village of Rug,
,.rv That is was compressed
an inadequately small space IS
A rhe foremost van of Blinker ;
M.ramed Circus held it. Yet the
'i.,a numbered none the quicker
tho road for all the amorous va
81 that foated within its paint
sides ~ clown and the
n'sman who illustrated the haute
.or q cOal-black steed sat there
..ody pensiyeness. Unmarried -
i, three the disadvantages OF
hachelorhood had become aeuteiy
-, during a pause in game OF
I. owing to a common dearth OF
J. ,hev had been playing perforce,
.hs empty glory Of points alone
,,s perhaps this fact that caused
,houpbrs to stray in the dlrec-
a Of deeper aiIairs.
travelling about like this. srdm-
!, ,bs clown. don't give no chances.
.,o ond of a week, when a girl got
a. as to realize that you've a heart
IN The paint, the orders is-up ana
bv." - 49,.
~ different with me-. unused the
r,lier de l'haute ecoie, but | don
I'D as it's any Detle1. II Ly ~
km and appearance they..ret got TO
over, It takes 'em a gcani week to
q that I'm not affable i'm "a aris-
Lr.ic way." Svarr
same here ",chimed in thghfingmas-
exactly"
EThat we want" said the clown, lis
N to work in a more business-like
{aion II we don't strike some idea
mick courtin' like as not we shall
about the country single all our
| ne ringmaster started up.
How about a beauty show" he ex-
MED. "Blinker would tumble to it
lie had one at Rugglesbury. Good
mess for him it would be- The
II Is this, consolation prizes-you
|m-us."
Inc amazed look with which the 9TH
5no regarded him changed gradual
70 zone of fervent admiration. 1t
v some while ere they spoke. When
y did the ringmaster staggered be-
hth an unwonted torrent of compli-
bat Then, laying their heads to-
|aAer they spoke in intersections that
IN gradually more coherent.
mus the caravan rolled onwards
txardly much as usual. But in the
II van was a whirlpool of ferment
DOT deliriously maturing plans.
Twas a curious coincidence that pre-
Ply at this period a corresponding
Gn should have entered the breast
one Of the inhabitants OF Ruggles-
. itself. There could be no doubt
!ob Yardsley, who kept the May ;
Inn. mad no right to be a bacie- :
"A warm man. the master OF a {
nome and Of thirty acres of graz
and besides, ought to find some
better to do with his money |
% spend it upon himself. Such ,
ne female opinion Of the village. /
vas frankly callous. 5
y !ou were married. Job" remark G.
y friend, Sam Evans. the day be- r
ene arrival of Blinker's circus "as i
= not you'd find more objick in 4
81 Evans was in the throes of t
- up nine children. Job Yards 9
1eo without interest across the 1
prlor table
Dive heard BEFORE he remarked. D
a'aes continued the other, lit nd s
20 lor business. A nice. clean Il
woman always puts me in mind G
- Deer, clean tankards an h,,1- n
KS fresh. III bet your takings
s. up. Others feel the same e.
that's why" :,
II mick rIo. "
- sleam entered Jobs eye. It is
wv the untidy looking pot boy. \
wandered back to rest stealth Il
n ne rim of his glass. :
he observed. care,ess1v r
or p'r'aps the reverse"
-, mlad grew strangely impreg-
~ tne idea. Evans had sown r
.ueF seed than he knew. Its Il
'oward maturity engrossed X
an Improbable extent On sr
way rustic in search of half n,
Aelsed It's double and the cor 7
aa0se for its half. Ere Job
=. ould rectify the error the i;
s.,. ~ d haven whence no argu- m
e!d retrieve it. ~ ~
vans CHANGED to be in the n
Ma. Il
{. ae chuckled, there's only one i,
= mat way of goin on-thats in
eu. Perhaps it was. If SO,
unnamed for him to do was to i.