The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-26

GdNto JCnlSoUg STtctoSFdhy was tE603-
ing Dizzily Toward the sawdust Rine.
somewhat doubtfully supported by bis
W Investigations. Is proved by the
act that he decided to follow the
show until he was positively assured
that his quarry was not being shleld
ed by the circus people. With no lit
tie a~stuteness he and his companion
resolved that they could accomplish
nothing by working openly. Their
only chance lay In the ability to keep
the circus people from knowing that
they were following them. In this
they counted without their hosts. At
no time during the next three days
were their movements unknown to
the clever band of rascals who follow
ed the show for evil purposes. and
who, with perfect Integrity. kept the
proprietor advised Of every step taken
and of every disguise affected.
Despite his uncomfortable position
and the natural thrills of excitement
and peril, David vas sound asleep
before the wager was fairly under
way. Complete exhaustion surmount-
ed all other conditions. He would
have silent II Biake's hand had been
on his shoulder.
Daybreak came. and the ghostly
wagon train slipped from darkness
into the misty light Of a new day.
Cocks were growing afar and near.
and birds were chirping in the bushes
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crinkiing night rolled the red. and
white. and golden juggernauts. gradu-
ally taking shape in the gray da wn.
crawling with sardonic Indifference
past tollgate and farmhouse. creaking
and grooming and swapping In weird.
uncanny chorus.
Early risers were up to see the "cir-
Gus" pass. II was something Of an
epoch in the lives of those who dwelt
afar from the madding crowd
The elephants. the cages of wild
beasts, the horses. the towering char
lots. the amazing pole wagons-all
slipped down the road and over the
hill. strange unusual objects that came
but once a year and seemed to leave
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row than it had been before.
The country people looked on and
wondered and shuddered at the thought
Of the terrific creatures at their very
door yards. Then they hitched up their
teams and fiocked to town In the wake
of the peril. there to marvel and de-
light in the very things that had awed
them in their own province. And all
| through the land people locked their
doors and put away their treasures.
The circus had come to town!
Ii was 8 o'clock before David was
routed from his strange he'd For a
moment he forgot his predicament. He
stared in utter bewilderment. vastly in
terested in the great transformation
Under his very eyes a city OF white
was about to spring into existence.
Some one touched his shoulder. not
urgently. He started In sudden alarm.
A rough looking fellow in a soiled red
undershirt was standing at his elbow
.'The boss says you'd better come to
the cook top and get somethin' to eat.
young Teller" That WAS all. He
ierked his head in the direction Of the
long. low tent in the corner of the LOT
and started off. David followed. sharp
ly conscious of a revived hunger.
A score of men were seated at the
long tables. gulping hot coffee and
boiling their food. From the kitchen
beyond came the cracking of fats. the
odor of frying things and the aroma of
strong coffee. The CHATTER OF tin pans
and cups. the rattle of pewter knives
and forks and the commands of hungry
men TO the surly lads who served them
assailed the refined ears Of the young
y~irginian as he stopped irresolutely at
the mouth of the tent
set down here. kid" said his escort.