The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-10-31

ed to take his arm the tall man co.diy
Withdrew himself from the contact
Eraddock Permitted the other to I,ass
through the sidrwail ahead Of him. .
Era,.duCk.
David buried to = rent In the canvas
and I,-ered Jul Into the sunlight Of the
waning day 1he stranger hai come
UP beside Mrs Braddork. talking TO
her ls they crossed the lot iu the direc-
iion OF the street She apparently paid
no heed 10 his reM.,rks BraGdock
loafed behind.
so he's ere again. II her.
David whirled 10 uud Grtnaidi peer
ing over his shoulder. his ersl while
merry face as bia II as q tLuudercipud.
~ hO Is he:' deuIau,ied David
The clowns e! es were Eiit,erIug. lie
stared long AT L.,id before reply ing.
THAT uiun:' he SAID harshly. THAT'S
Colonel bob Grand"
What has he got to do with the
show, Mr.. Noakesi"
Call me Joey. Everybody doea. my
lad lie looked around cautiously.
No one WAS near them. Nevertheless
he lowered his voice. That's just wot
all of us would like TO know ourselves.
Jacky. He's race horse man and u
gambler. oh. don't you get II into
your 'ead that he follows the show In
them capacities. Not he Hes too
big guy for that No. Stree. lie
pinches the dollars by the thousands.
that chap does. No ten dollar rube
games for i'm. But III tell you all
about i'm at supper. There's Ruby
waiting for us at the door. I'm 'avinG
supper brought over ere for us three
and Casey"
Ruby Nonkes. very pretty and quite
'ieinure In simple frock OF brown.
without the prevailing hustle and
panniers. was directing the contorti"n-
ist In his efforts TO construct u table
out OF three "blus seats" and couple
Of property trunks or "keeslers." as
they were called.
Presently the food came in from the
cook tent. The four sat down. David
beside the girl. In the mcnagerie tent
beyond wild beasts were growing and
roaring and snnr!ing weird inrerlule
for the benefit "f the bnnluet-rs.
sounds 20 strange and meuac!nr that
Dav looked often with uneasy inter
est in the direction from which they
came
Say. Casey. ave you seen 'imf' ask
ed Joey at last
Seen who?'
Grand"
as that skunk here again?"
big as life. dang is bloody cart.
He's bothering 'er too. Makes love to
'cr right afore 'er 'usband's eyes. It's
-iSs out-rn 'rus."
Miss Nnakes forgot her story and her
resentment She leaned forward. her
black ewes fairly swapping. her fingers
clinched.
II knew somethine awful was going
to happen" she snld ~ saw cross
eyed man In the blues today. II never
falls
Circus people. from the hecinninc of
history. have been .nperstitions Not
one. but all Of them rnrry charms.
amnlcts or lucky pieces. and they rec
ocnize more signs than the sailors
themselves
"Some Of these ine DAYS I'm going
to paste that guy on the nose" said
the contortlonist.
you'll get bullet IN your gtzznrd
n YOU do" snid the clown gIo"mly.
He carries gun and he'll nae II too
And II he didn't Tom lsraddock would
beat you to jelly for insultln is best
friend"
DO you mean that Mrs. Rrnddock Is
in love with that manT demanded
David. his heart sinking.
The three Of them glnred at him
positively glared.
Nobody said that. sir said old Joey
angrily "She despises I'm | said as
'ow he was in love with 'er. There's
biz difference In that. my friend.
~ knew she wasn't that kind OF
woman" cried David joy"nsly.
What do you know about womcn?"
demanded Casey.
"Ill tell you about i'm and 'er and
all Of them" said Joey, looking about
to see that they were quite alone in