Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-11-27

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Permission was easily obtained
when cNIIauation was made for the
""ll NAN" hid youngsters of his own
AMI Il soft spot for children. and pres
emily the gay little team WAS trotting
down lhe frozen road.
Dick WAS brought To the window.
wei wrapped up. but he only waved
au@U.l hand at the clown and turn
ID lis head away. Ted unhitchcd them
ailI put lem through their tricks. but
with IA greater success. and after lie
had put HE team In the barn he went
into The house
That's the first Kid ever saw that
wasn't stuck on them ponies" he said
"N'hats the matter with h;mt"
That's what we want to know"
said n grave faced man who had been
talking with Sally. The little fellow
seems to he sunk into sort of coma
and we cannot rouse him He will
not cat. and unless we can give him
desire for food and interest him IN
things we shall Just have to watch
him slip away"
You want to come out and look at
them ponies doc" said TED suddenly
Come on out to the barn"
The physician paused moment
Then something passed In the glance
of the two men. and they went out to
gcthcr. For half an hour they sat on
an Old wagon box and talked. and
then the physician went back to the
house and Ted hitchcd up the ponies
He drove out OF the yard with flour
iSh of the whip toward Dick, who had
been brought to the window to see
him off The little fellow answered
with 4 weary wave of the hand. and
Ted S~ttej his teeth as lie drove off
The next morning dawncd clear and
bright. 1t WAS almost Indian sum
ncr. and the windows were open In
the Mycrly home. Dick sat at the win
dow. listlcssly watching the people go
driving by to church. Mrs Myerly
divided her time between the kitchen
and the front parlor, TO which Dick
had been moved. \ trumpet call sound
cd down the road, and she came hur-
rying in.
Around the bend there dashed
rider all crimson and gold. mounted
on black horse gaudy In crimson
housings. With swing he was In the
yard, and just before the window he
blew another blast on his trumpet
A turkey for Master Mycrly fit for
king" he announced In approved
rlngmastcr tones. Then the black
horse backed away. bowling to the as
Cd up the road again.
Presently the herald returned at q
more stately pace. preceding the most
curious procession that had ever
traversed the IIuntville road. Just
behind the rider came fantastic
clown. either foot on the back OF
milk white horse. Behind him lum-
bered a huge elephant drawing n gilt
tering chariot ablaZe with gold and
mirrors
Slowly the procession numbered into
the yard. At the gate the clown dis
mounted and threw handsprings up to
the very door There he paused OK
pectantly while the elephant ponder
Ously turned into the yard. Then the
doors at the back of the chariot swung
open, and out tluttcred Il turkey six
feet high. The clown sprang forward
and with his whip made the bird face
J the window.
Dick" he called, "here's your
Thanksgiving turkey. If you don't eat
every mouthful Of 1t I'll make the Gle
phant bite you"
ELEPHANTS don't bite" laughed Dick,
his face aglow with excitement
This one dccs-bad." said Ted dark
ly. you wait and see. Turkey, bow
to the gentleman what's going to eat
you
Solcmnly the bird pranced forward
and bent Its neck. Then 1t followed
Ted around to tho back of the house,
and the cavalcade followed. turning
into the road. Down beyond the bend
Ted was waiting with the bird, but
the cambric skin covered with turkey
feathers, the making OF which had
kept Ted up half the night. had been
rcICovcI. AID 1t was merely an ostrich
/ that VAS bundled into the best chariot
Of the Ellkclcy outfit
Late that night Ted turned up at
the quarters There had been a
ThluhSgil ing dinner in the training
ring. and all. from the 'old man" to
Tie hostlcrs. were sitting about on the
beaches swapping stories.
"Wcll." said the "old man" kindly,
/ did it work. Tcd?"
Did 1t work. echoed Ted. Say,
| I'm afraid the kids more like to die Of
Indigestion than starvation. He's all
to the good. Evcrything's all to the
/ coed"
Anl the liitle group crowded about
| TO shake hi; hand for they knew that
q rollancc seeking girl had at last real
! ly found the heart Of the clown be
meath the Motley.