The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-10-24


ty handling OF the bacon He ~ss hun
cry The coar~e tut well cooked food
pleased his palate more than BE- could
have believed He ate his all Of The
'rhncx." as his neixht,or called It
Then he was buried back to the wag-l
on In which he had slept II vas emp
ty now. csvernous and reekina With
the odor Of damp canvas lately ~
moved
Git In there. KID" said his guids
brtsk!y You gotta keep under cover
fer spell Stay In there tel Joey
Grtnaldi says the word Theme Brad
dork's orderx"
David hesitatedL Where . Ma
Brnddock1'' he asked
Train amt In yet FOO don't sup
pose the high lights travel thi. way. do
you?"
David crawied into the chariot. and
the door was closed after him He
slipped over on his side STREET he'd out
his legs and forgot his doubts and trou-
bes
He was aroused by the jostitnE and
bouncing Of the huge empty wagon
With a start OF alarm he eaped to his
feet. striking his head against the roof
Of his abiding place. aud hurried to the
end Of the wagon to peer out through
the slit Bands were playing. whips
were cracking and children were
shr1eking Joyously II was long time
before he grasped the situation The
grand free street parade was In
progress: be was riding Ike a Gagged
beast through the principal streets Of
the town.
From the security Of hia position he
could look out upon the thruna that
lined the sidewalks. without danger
of being seen in return After the
nrsI great wave Of modification and
shnme he was able to cons,der his
situation to be quite as amusing a. It
was fortunate.
In time the twenty waKons. with
their double and qundrupe teams. At
tended fore and af, By cavaliers and
court ladies'. papier mache Rrotesques,
trick mules and calico ponies," calne
once more to the RroundA sdll pur-
sued by the excited crowd Far ahead
of the parade loud voiced bari
rode warning all people to lo"k out
for their hor~es. The elephant 10
cominR!" JUS. to show their utter lack
OF Eoise. AT ieast nifty farm nneA in
super equine terror. !eaped out Of their
hnrnese and into their own vehicles
when Goliath. the decrepit old ele-
plant, shuf!ied by. too tired to Iifl bis
prohosci~ thus exemplifvins the vast
distinction between Themselves and the
circus horses which only noticed COLI
ath when ne got In the way
David had . long wait In the daTS,
stutTy chariot Final, the door was
rectiy behind the proprietor wac the
dirty sidewa!l OF a teut david blinked
Afresh In the light OF y-althouYh,
alas, the sun was not shining.
Hello" said Braddock shortly.
Come out"
The boy slid to the Rround and
Braddock followed him into the huge
tent small army of men we're
erecttnc tie seats tor the afternoon
performance David realized that he
was In the main top"
A atocky. bowieeged man. bis hands
In his pockets and shor1 brier pipe
in his mouth. advanced to NEE, them.
''We!l, 'ow are you?" asked this
merry eyed stranger. bis face going
into n hundred wrinkles by way Of
friendly greeting oh. | say. David,
don't you know yonr old pal and play
mate? Hi. there! Ere we are!'
David stared in astonishnent? 1t
was Grinadi the clown. without his
make UP or his wig. Never was there
such a change in human face.
They clasped hands. David laughing
outright In the ecstasy Of relief at hnd-
ing this whilom friend.
Keep shady. you" said Brnddoc!s.
finding no pleasure In the boys change
of manner '''rh"~e pinchers came over
on the train with us, And say. we
nigh, just as well settle what's to be
done about you I've thought II over
seriously I'm taking risk in havtn
you around. understand that Bu, II
YOU want Job with the show. I'll
give you one. ieil you NuiE u 10.
I'll give you $3.50 week and eour
board That's good pay for beginner
You to do clown work nnh"-
"Bu, can't be clown began
David
"Well. what do you wantT roared
Rraddock. apparently aghnst "Do you
expect to ride around In carriages and
live on goose liver: Say. where d" you
think you are; In society! Well you
can &c; that out Of your head ietnme
tell you that you
"'Ere, ere. Brad" put in Joey sharp
". Don, tax Hike that Els not
used to thn1 sort O ga1.
We'll. the ofYer don't stand long.
He either 'nkes II or he don't II he
don't. out he ,,ues. Say, YOU. where's
NIL that money you mad last night?
!'m not goin to have anybody carr, in