The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-11-09

III dark with the pain of under
stnnding.
But" he said bravely. che must not
she leave hlmf Why not get n divorce?
No woman should live with a man who
strikes her. God doesn't intend that
TO be. He
God put us all into the world aud
he'll take US all out of IT," said the
clown. ph~iIosophizins. That's about
MI we ought 10 expect i'm to do. /
don't think God as anything to do
With matrimony. lie says: You takes
your choice and you trusts TO luck. not
70 me. II II turns out all right says
he. you can thank me. but IL it goes
wrong. don't blame me- So there you
are. IL strikes me hat God don't in
tend a good many things. but they
'appen tust the same. As for 'cr
getting n divorce, she's toe proud. She
made 'er bed. as the feller says. and
she's going to lie in 1t as long as there's
room. She made 'er bed sixteen years
nso. she did, against 'cr fathers
wishes. and she amt the kind 20 20
hack and say it's too ard for 'er TO
sleep In and she'd like to come 'ome
and sleep In one of is for a change.
No. Stree. my lad.
she's got some OF 'er own money IL
the show-all OF 1T. l dare say. Money
'er Grandmother left 'er a couple Of
years ago. Brad promised he'd huy
'er share In a veal or two and let 'er put
the money away for Christine. But
he'll lever do II. not I'm.
Her father was a very wealthy guy
IN New York" Joey continued. relating
the history OF Mary Braddock. 1.-THE
old man-his names Albert Pontman.
the banker-was considering n second
venture into matrimony at the time.
Mary was eighteen and raised such a
row he sent 'er Off TO school.
'one day n circus comes 10 the town.
The young ladies' all preceded TO fall
In love at first sight with a handsome
young equestrian. He was very good
looking. l can tell you that. and he 'ad
a fine fgger. Well do / remember
Tommy Braddock In them days. He
was twenty-five and he rode like n
Arab. Well, wot should 'appen but
is boss. n green one. must holt sudden
like. scairt by one OF the balloons that
1T i'm on the nose. Brad fell Off as
the brute leaped out of the ring. and
started right for the seats where the
school misses was setting. ZIP jumps
Brad and sails after i'm. The boss got
tangled in some ropes and stumbled.
Just as he was about to leap into the
place where Mary Portman sat. Brad
grabs i'm by the bit and jerks i'm
around. but In the plunging that fol-
lowed. the boss fell Over on Ina, break
ing is leg-I mean Brad's. or course
there was a great stew about II. He
was took to q 'ospital and the papers
was full OF 'ow he saved the life OF the
rich Miss Pertman. Well. she used to
40 to see i'm a lot. When he got SOS
he could 'obble around, she took i'm
out driving and so on. lie was Il fair
spoken chap in them days and he 'ad
a good face. So she fell desperit in
love with i'm. He was an 'ero. She
told 'er father she was going TO marry
i'm. AS the old gentleman was about
TO be married 'imself, he 'ated to share
the prominence with 'er. So he said
he'd disown 'er II she even thought OF
marrying a low down circus rider. That
was enough for Mary. She up and run
of with Tom and got married to i'm
in a jifry, beating 'er father to the altar
by about two weeks.
"As o rs Tom was able to ride
again, they Joined the show. Hell father
disowned 'er. as he said he would lie