Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
THE BUGS OF BUGLEY
BOO AND THE CIRCUS
BY ]. F. CROMWELL,
IN SIX PARTS.
PART Y.

Little Boo was the smallest bug in BuRly.
He was so tiny that he could hide behind
n seed and never be seed-excuse ma
mean seen.
This Little th,u Boo was dressed in blue.
Ills nome was In a buttercup, on
49, Wid-fower avenue;
His mother was a busy bug who
Had lot TO do
Herself, and gave another lot to do
To Little Boo.
II was the day of the circus. and Iittle
BOO wanted TO go very much but he had
no money. He might go and look at the
parade, and he was so little he Thought he
might even hide somewhere and get one
tiny, sly, little peek-a-boo into the real CTR
Gus. He started down the avenue: ne was
so so happy he bistled (bugs cannot whistle
they bistle) and he fairly danced a Jig.
Presently he heard soundl Bum,|bum-
rum a -tum- tum-tum-tum (way down low.
Yi-yi-wee-ly, weely-wee-wee! Cway up
high). Bum-bum, down low. Yi-yi, OIp
high. 1t was the band The procession
was coming! Little Boo ran. Oh. how he
ran! He was still on Wild-flower avenue
and had almost reached Round square.
where the procession was. when something
happened! A great monster, escaping from
the circus, dashed into the avenue and
completely blocked the way. 1t was the
Bug.a-oo and poor Little Boo didn't know
what to do!
At first Little Boo kept very quiet and
waited Tor the monster move. but after a
while he discovered that the Bug-a-boo Just
tween Mrs. AZubah's house and the church.
and either could not or would not move
Then Boo much drawer grew,
And tried TO peek a-boo
Around the Bug a boo;
But that he could not do.
He could hear shouting over in the square,
and knew they were trying to get the Bug
a-boo back to the circus. But the minutes
went by and the monster did not move.
Little Boo knew he was missing the pro-
cession, and he thought of going around into
no I'm hn hal Of u
In his pocket, and when he consulted II he
found that there were only two back ways
into the square-one was fourteen and two
and-a-half tenths bug miles, the other four
teen and two-eghths bug miles. He tried
to think which was shorter. but he could
not decide In his little bug mind.
Presently the church clock struck L. and
the hour of the procession was past.
Poor Little Boo. He sat down in the mid
die of the street. crossed his feet looked
sweet. and said. Anyway, I've got soms-
Gus. 1 can see the biggest thing in it all
want to-" So he sat for two hours and
watched the Bug-a-boo!
1t was now noon. The circus was to be-
gin at o'clock in the big tent. Billy and
Bonnie got out their directions and began
to look for their buried money. They
found the Film F1am tree and began to
dig. AS the money did not seem willing to
be found. they got excited and dug away
down deep. First Billy Bug dug. then
Bonnie Bug dug. At first they threw the
art 10 the iett ana right, out soon the pie
grew so large about the hole there was
no more room, SO they made tunnel
and worked abreast and then threw the
sand behind them as they went When
2 o'clock came they were still digging be-
cause the money could not be found.
The circus began. Mrs. Azubah was
there in an opera chair and Betsey Bug
with rug stood near. Mrs. Bethulla Ball
Bug and Mrs Bertha Beulah Bug sat in
the front row. Mr.. Bolster Bug and family
represented the press.
Billy Bug and Bonnie Bug were not
there. They were still digging. Little Boo
was not there he was still sitting in the
avenue, on the other side of the BuGa-
boo.
Let us not worry about Billy or Bonnie,
or Little Boo.
There is another chapter to this tale,
In which, l assure you, without fail
Everything will come out right. all
good stories do.
Go Be Continued)