Morgan County republican., 1912-10-17

II wasn't much Of a circus, even for
q village. There was an aged elephant,
q wreck of a camel and q giraffe whose
neck reached out for anything eatable,
while the tumbling and riding could
have been beaten by a lot Of farmers
boys. The wild man was the draw.
He was In his cage In the procession
all right and now and then he beat
his breast and called out
But things had happened the day be.
fore that the public hadn't caught on
to. In driving across the country the
wild man who could run down an os.
trich had said to his employer:
i've got to have my back salary TO-
morrow or quit"
I'll give you ten Of it, II we have
luck" was the reply.
II want every silver Of it!"
"What's biting your"
I'm not playing wild man for my
health!"
You know you cant strike another
Job II you leave me. while can get
q dozen fellows to fill your place"
That was about all, except that
out at Farmville. and 1t was carried
out. He went ahead and ate his raw
meat and bananas and shouted all
right, but when he was taken out of
his cage to be paraded he whispered
to his employer:
do get the back salaryf'
Go on with you'll"
DO I get it,"
init"
happened on this green earth before
and will never happen again. "Zam"
threw OF his yoke Of slavery then and
there. He yelled. He whooped. He
cast away his chains. and after seizins
Aunt Hannah Doty by the body and
throwing her across the sawdust ring
he made break for the tent entrance
and went running down the highway.
No more raw meat and bananas! No
more greatest exhibition on earth"
for the Ringtailed Circus.
But what has all this to do with
Miss Kitty Dorland and Mr.. Gerald
Walters? Simply that Mr.. Walters
didn't know that Miss Kitty was with
In hundred miles OF him, and vice
versa.
Simply that Mr.. Walters was at the
circus and Miss Kitty wasn't. Simply
that Mr.. Walters came very near be-
ing rough housed instead of Aunt Han
nah. Simply that when "Zam" left the
tent Mr.. Walters was at his heels, and
Miss Kitty was walking In her grand.
fathers daisy covered meadow mile
away.
Mr.. Walters was a good sprinter.
and he put forth every effort to over,
haul the dangerous menace striving to
escape from bondage and become a
terror to peaceful community. He
couldn't gain a foot. but he was game
to hang to the trail as long as he
could.
The wild man took the middle of the
highway and held 1t until he came op'
posite the meadow. Miss Kitty was
sitting under a trc:, weaving wreath
for somebody's brew. "Zam" wanted
to get to the woods to shake OF pur
suit and he must pass her within a
few feet She saw him-she shrieked
she sprang up-she saw Mr.. Walters
numbering along and then she tainted
and keeled over Something told her
that It was Wild man from Africa
and that he intended to make cats
meat-of her, and 1t was quite sensible
Of her to faint. She tainted 80 quick
ly that she didn't hear him call tc
her:
Don't be scared, Missy! I'm only q
man in disguised"
And she was dead to the world as he
checked his pace long enough to add:
IL don't blame her . darned bit
Hope 1t will cost old Ringtaii ter
bones extra!"
"Zam" got into the woods and pur
, suit was of. Mr.. Walters. putting ant
blowing, came up to find good look
. Ing girl huddled among the daisies
, and he ran to a brook and got watel
, in his hat and sopped her face. max
ing the usual mess of 1t. BY and b!
Miss Kitty found herself sitting VI
3 and saying:
I "Oh. that horrid thing!"
, But it's gone"
: "And you were 30 brave! Please
I take me home"
, At a Glow walk. and leaning heavil!
on his arm. grandpa's was reached. !
was reached again that evening. ant
!. the next day and the next. In fact Mr.
Walters felt It his duty to pay cal
!, at least once a day until sure that th'
wild man had returned to his mothe
> in Michigan. And all this resulted II
Deacon Chambers speaking from th'
= postoffice steps for the third time an