New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY H. 1912

were shouting. @This wav to the bla--bla-a-a!"
Everybody wanted to sell something to eat "Ee-
mensc chewing chocolates. Squawked whisky tenor
with a whisky face Heres yer hOky, yer poky, yer
five cents a PACKAGE" howlcd dcrvsh in white cap.
On a box by a sideshow, whose flaps blazed with por-
traits of athletes surrounded by repta in all the attn
tudcS Of delirium tremens, tall, ugly, gorriIaiaccd
man spoke as follows
"Atila the Great-he eatS-hc eats em-hc cats EN-
alive, alivel Wow! They wiggc!
The big barker was turned half away when BunS
spoke at his elbow. c.
@Wha's YOU saw he eat um3' asked the old China
"Serp-intsl live weighing writh-ing scrp-intS She
eats em" replied the barker automatically, not dcigh-
ing to look round. ..
aWha' fo'-he hungly?" inquired the truth-sccldng
Beat it before croak yez!" snarlcd the barker sud-
denly leaning close to Bung's ear. The sight OF the
mans face caused the Chinaman pgtal to crawl tear
somey at the roots for he recognized IN the cat en-
alive barker none other than Mike the Pig, reformed
Bung stood not upon the manner OF his beating DuI
"bcat it at once. q,
"Wha' catch circus?7 he asked of a rod-cappc,i
official as soon as his nerves sufficiently composed
The official pointed oiicously to wicket past Wh'ch
throngs of people were going into the big tent fuS
got into line and followed the sow-moyng crowd
Hi! Where's your tckct:' growlcd a voice at ms
Bung ouailcd, but held his ground \ red, ham,
like hand clutchcd him at the shoulder.
"Tickec? | no catchcc!' pipcd Bung, struggling to
get away. ....- .t,;.-; -;m,,,.
without ticket Who dye think y are, the President
of the United States
81 Tudgc divers Chinaman," answered Bung with
dignity. .,... ,,,.r,,. 49,,
sdc.walin' privilege allowed with this show.
The whole line waited impaticntiy and the ticket
man was preparing remove the blockade by removing
Bung when ladylikc soprano spoke at the Ch'inii
ear
.p,,,,, como bcrn r,Irlccl"
It was Miss Cecilia Holland daughter Of the prmc
magnac, the lady whose feelings Bmng had maHicd SO
severely when he delivered to her Tommy love note
intended for Cecilia Thornc.
"What's the natter" she asked kindly
81 90 see circus say no can do, was Bun8
brief summary Of the situation.
"Havcnt YOU got a tickct;'
"Tickcc," repeated Bung in complete baticmcnt.
"Comc here. said Miss Holland She led the old man
10 2 gaudv wagon laid a silver dollar the counter,
and presented Bung with square OF pastcD|4n.
"Civc that to the man" she said and he'll let You
in"
Miss Holland, after this graceful exchange Of good for
evil. rcoincd her laughing companions, while bunG,
advancing with the line passed unscathcd the ogre by
the door.
THE throng circling the sawdls under the mcnagcr"
L tent were too absorbed in the tcrrors OF MoguI
and Begun, royal Bengal mancatcrs, and the c4II@"
charms Of Pansy one OF that minnie army "i n"N
giraTcs labeled first born in captivity the lhrunG
was too absorbed in these marVCS 10 note their erect
rnon one lonesome. grav-haircd Chinaman who wan
dcrcd as in spell, unable believe the evidence @" his
one eye Tgcrs-how fcrocously they garcd over their
half-chcwcd soupboncs Bung had seen pictures OF
these striped proiiglcs in Chinese picture books.
Camcs-hc had bchcld caravans Of these drouh-lcly-
ing ouadrupcds camping outside the city gates IN his
native land Imprisoned behind bars, though raven
ing and crocious, a md-cycd water buffalo gzcd be-
nignv upon Ah Lee Bung, who grinnci rcu'n'-.rniIy
recalling how his father had often used these animals
at the plow.
And SO he wandered from cage to cage the hypnotsm
Of the 200 cnthrllling him that he utterly forgot
Tommy Oliver, lost shirts and the pcridous Gum Box
in quest Of which and whom he had cast himself among
wild beasts IN strange surroundings. Round and round
went the crowd. Round and round went Nh Lee Bung
As j, usual in such cases vast eddy III the river "i