The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-11
HENRY HAS GOOD TIME
AT THE VILLAGE CIRCUS

,hs earth AID creatures 70 DE- lslsIl
I their place" said the elder Miss Simp-
son. was moved 70 speak with com
niseration o. Ms. Duls;er's husband.
/ Nobody al our sumner resort ever
spoke Q, him as Nj Dulster-he was
always described as the property OF
I bis wife
-xrs Dulster WAS What is called .
!orce,ul WOMAN and IN settling the
Affairs OF the universe she Incidentally
settled Henry's. !, he opened his
mouth TO express al opinion Mrs. Duh
ster would Immediately interrupt and
say: Nov, Henry. you don't know
anything about Il, and anyhow your
idea Is not al all what you think Il
is,' she decided every question IN
the Dulster family and Henry never
did anything be wanted TO. Il was
positively pathetic one night 70 see
him watch the other men having blue
berry pie IL addition 10 their ice
cream when his wife would 10; let
him
Henry had sort Of frightened up
when the Taylor girls and some others
Of the young crowd swooped down
on our corner with the announcement
that a special launch was going TO
take all who wanted 10 go 70 the cir
Gus in the village the neIt day and
didn't We want 10 come along?
i saw Chryssie stiren, as did Nh
Dulster Chryssie has the notion that
because she and are near 10 We
should hobble with canes and take
snun IN the chimney corner-that Is
what is always making trouble be-
tween us-but Ike circus just as
much as did when ! was ten years
old. From the fash IN Henry's eye II
appeared that he did, too.
NO, thank you. said Mrs. Dulster,
grimly. I hope We have outgrovn
such toolishness! Circus, indeed!
Pack OF nonseuse!'
Il agree with you, Mrs. Dulster,
said Chryssie. glaring az me.
How much it looks like rain" !
remarked. absently. Henry appeared
disappointed I had defended him on
several occasions and my weak &C
quiescence in the uldmatum OF Mrs.
Dulster and Chryssie seemed 10 eur.
prise him.
1T would be Ike old times to 90
TO that circus, Miss Simpson, Henry
murmured In my ear little later. !
wish Mrs. Dulster cared about such
things He sighed
Then and there made up ny mind
TO take Henry Dulster to the circus.
People take other folks small boys
and IL he wasn't a hectored, disap-
pointed small boy l never saw one.
Besides, ! wanted TO 80 myself.
Mrs Duls,er did not appear 10
mind the next morning when l asked
her husband TO row me down the lake
TO the place where they got water
lilies. Henry enjoyed rowing and We
| had a good time as We went along.
The village at the other end OF the
lake was in sight before he remem-
bered to ask me Just where the lilies
were
My goodness" said l, gazing
about blankly We must have missed
the turn into the bayou! What a
shame Never mind; we're almost TO
town. I've got little shopping 10 do
and
And Id like some cigars, said
Henry, eagerly. Mrs. Dulster allows
him only one day.
The way he beached that rowboat
was a caution. We found the streets
full OF people from the country and
the different resorts close by and
caught a glimpse OF the elephants in
the street parade. Henry shifted the
atmosphere like hound after rab-
bit. It's great circus. judging from
the bills he said, wisttully.
"Mr. Dulster, said breathlessly
I dare you TO go to the circus. We're
here-and We might as well! Let's
do it,
Henry stared at me. Then he
gulped and the color few to his face
I'm with you" be said, with deter
nination.
Well, Henry and did that circus
up properly. We got there early and
we ate sticky popcorn balls and cheap
candy and had pink lemonade, and
We fed peanuts to the animals and
went to every single sideshow and
tried to watch four rings at once and
scolded because We couldn't and kept
squealing at each other, oh, look at
that" and had perfectly glorious
time.
After It was all over and We were
drifting out with the crowd We re
membered that We had to go back tc
the hotel | was twice as afraid oi
Chryssie as he was of his wife and
was right in the middle OF imagining
the most scathing things she could
say TO me when We ran straight into
the hotel crowd. There loomed Mrs
Dulster and Chryssie trying their best
10 act as though they had had a miser
i able time, but they couldn't do it
Il do have inspirations sometimes