Evening star., 1912-07-14

can clothes His derby hat and blue suit of dubi
Gus fit but it his shirt and collar, fguratively
speaking, smote Bung in the eye. These articles
both about SIX sizes too large for the wearer they were
of fine lnen and-damning evidence-the shirt
plated in the fashion originated by Jiggs Jiggs,
shirtmakers of Fifth-ave., New York;
in the little mans ear as he exctedly clutched him
by the sleeve.
@Chosplngge toy-ng-ahl' replied the other express
ing Cantonese epigram for "None O. yer business!'
As he spoke he wrenched himself from Bung's grasp
and darted like a squirrel through the crowd, Bung
se about M cdd three yards ms wake
taly diverted from the charms of the monkey cage.
Bung whose running gait was like that OF the frightened
right in front of the elephant herd The episode might
have come to climax then and there, but Gum, with
extreme agility, scrambled to his feet, lodged under
rope scampered through the forest of elephant legs and
out under the tent. Without moments hesitation
Bung followed his leader disappearing by the same un-
conventional exit.
The incident was closed as far as the crowd in the
menagerie concerned 1t had paid good money
to circus, and not going to sacrifice the price
of admission to behold Chinese murder. But out in
the open space beside the great tent the fight continued
Bung began to gain his quarry, who, suddenly doub
ling his tracks, again ducked under the canvas at
remote end of the tent. Again Bung followed
"Hi there, you dunmies' shouted boss canvas
to his assistants. "Dont y them Chinks side
wallin under the main top Fetch em out before they
start KLEIN O some kind Every circus man knows
that "klem" means @hght."
TCAUGHT of your lost property straying around
here" said Cecilia Holland to Tommy Oliver as she
met that young leading her erstwhie rival, Ce-
ella Thorne into that corner of circus Paradise marked
Reserved"
animal, vegetable or mineral?" asked Tommy,
smiling he bowed to the members of the Holland
party.
Il don't know whether it comes under any Of these
heads" said Miss Holland II think the wanderer
might most easily be described as All Lee Bung.'
ooh, lost usual laughed the girl. .He said he
wanted to see circus took him gently by the hand
and led him from the ticket wagon the main
He's probably lost in the menagerie by this time
Hell never stray again, if once ! get him home!'
said Tommy murderousy. 1t seemed tragic enough to
be deprived for the coming evening of his peerless,
Fthave.- made fashon-stamped shirts; but to have
the faithful Bung prove faithless and away with
Daisy to the circus-that the crowning atrocity!
ooh, cheer up Tommy said Cecilia Thorne, turn
ing upon her lover those eyes like the sea. "Even
Chinaman has to be human on circus day"
"Here, let's have some peanuts! said Tommy, hold
ing up two fingers to passing vender AT the circus
you can peanuts public without loss of prestige
another fine thing about the institution
Tommy and Cecilia Thorne occupied seats quite
close to the sawdust; close, in fact, that Tommy
could have poked the elephants with his they
passed by in the Grand Entry, 3spec,' the per-
formers call it.
0F crcuses the same may be said as the Governor
- of South Carolina remarked to the Governor of
North Carolina on the subject of pure whisky, "Some
kind may be better than others; but no kind is bad
This particular show, in trying to live up to its modest
claim of Surprising Anything Existence managed to
produce that three things going atonce effect much
sought after by the immortal p T. b. person endowed
with three brains and six eyes might behold all three
rings at once, thus defrauding the management. He
might applaud the Spanish knife juggers in the center
ring and follow the ladder balancers to the right the
same time enjoyably wondering how the lady in the
efthand ring could turn somersaut backward between
two flying horses without breaking her beautiful blond
neck. Many wonderful feats have been performed un-
der canvas; but there is that still battles human
skill,no spectator has been able to tell what