The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-11
The Popcorn sller.

uusDuuuS. flnully one tOlu r eXpeIl.
ence Ia n story az follows:
Last summer" she said, We spent
as usual at our place. Ferncf. in the
mountains. We had hou full OF
guests, as usual, and one Of e men
| consider II n breach of hhdence
for any girl to reveal the me Of
suitor, so will call him MIBeach.-
was devoted to me-" .l.
II see" remarked the 9th, "you
wish to conceal the denouenpt. To
call your lover by his real na1 would
spoil your story. Go on"
-,''I liked Mr.. Beach very NH, but
he seemed rather prosaic. Wished
for something more snowy. dother
said that practical man won wear
better than a snowy one, and have
found since my marriage tit she
was right"
"oh, dear, why didn't you AXE 1t
more of mysteryT
zone day circus came tdtown.
We young people agreed TIT we
would attend a performance, i'd all
went to the tent I'm a bods We
climbed the board seats to a nven-
lent height. sitting In a bun9 Mr..
Beach being beside me. We were
much too early for the show, 1t en-
joyed ourselves watching the mntry
people come in. Near us a yotg fel-
low was arranging his wares, insist
ing of popcorn cakes. As sooms he
lad them laid out on his tale, or,
rather, board, he took up somPack-
ages and, holding up one, assed
around the ring, dragging on leg
after the other, the way circus eople
do, drawlin (: ..
"'These celebrated popcorn ,akes
are made of popcorn grown in Il vale
of Cashmere under the glow I tn,
radiant faces of the most beatIfu
women Of the world. Only cots &
package. Warranted fresh anC lus
ciohs to the taste
What do you know about theval,
of CashmereT called Mr.. Beach, )uy
ing package of the popcorn.
Mothers got book Of poems
Mickey called Tom Moore said tn
fellow. handing up the change. IA,
he strutted on with, Here's your die
brated popcorn cakes grown on h
fertile plains of Palestine, etc.
"The audience began to guy him go
naturedly, but he smiled at any o
doing SO with n bewitching smile.
deed, every one was watching him a,
wondering where next his cclebrat
popcorn would come from. He Cd
tinued his rounds till there was
| flourish of half u dozen dingy bra
instruments. and the performance co
menced.
THE only attractive feature of {
| show was that the actors were Il
looking young men. They seemed raj
er amateurish. their performance &C
sisting principally of gymnastic stun
We STAYED till the end, however, {
girls Of our party being interested
the fine appearance Of the you
| Ajaxes.
I'VE had gone home, and wns DIRE
ing for dinner when, looking out Of I
window, | saw q young man dressed
the height of fashion coming up {
walk. In "A few minutes Susan hand
me a card and a note of INTRODUCED
from my friend, Adele Perkins.
soon as l had finished my toilet l we
down into the drawing room to grC
! the caller.
II never was so puzzled in my II
| was sure had seen the man befo
but where l could not tell. ! was loo
ing at him, trying in vain to place hi
when his face lighted up with smi
Then the truth-the undeniable trutl
broke In upon me. He was the pt
corn seller OF the circus
"Heavensw exclaimed the listen
raising her hands.
"There he stood, evidently enjoyi
my surprise, while /, who had extei
ed my hand. drew back.
az haven't come he said, to $
you "A cake of the celebrated popco
from the sunny land of Brazil. ha
come 10 call upon the friend Of |
cousins Adele Perkins. But befc
asking to be treated as guest v
explain that the company of perfor
ers you saw today are all fellow s
dents of mine at college. They ne
what they make In this manner to I
able them to pursue their studies.
on the contrary, have been born "
silver spoon In my mouth. But
am practical chap. and my faith
being OF the same mind as myself, p
fers that shall work my way throu
college as preparation for the dut
that are expected to fall to me wh
| have finished my education. ha
therefore Joined my chums as p'
corn seller and make bold to say Il
keep up my end Of the profits
my dear. you can imagine my
tonlshment at hearing this how'll
swell tell how he came to be me
ber OF a circus company. | inN''
him TO dinner, but he declined
cause II he accepted he would be
late for the evening performan
After dinner | returned to my roo
feignlng headache, and, taking
maid. slipped out a back door a
went TO the circus. We had bar
got seated when the popcorn sci
strutted by. was curious to h'
where his popcorn would come fr
this time"