The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-08
The Show In Distr~A

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~HE boy looked steadily from
one to the other. his eyes
dark with the pain OF under
standing.
But" be said brn vsiy. he must not
Be allowed to strike Der. why doesn't
she lea W him, Why not get a divorced,
No woman should I've with a man who
sttkea her. God Doesn't intend that
- b. Hs"-
-0od put ~ all into tho world and
he'll take 10 all out Of IL" said the
clown. philosophixin9. That's about
all We ought to expect I'm to do I
don't think God as anything to DO
with matrtmony, He says: You takes
your choice and you trusts TO luck, not
to me II II turns out all right says
he. You can thank me. but II Il goes
wrong. dom blame no 80 there you
arN II strikes me that God don't In
tend a good many thinxA but they
'appen Just the same. Az for 'er
getting a divorce, she's too proud She
made 'er bed. a. the Teller says, and
she's going to lie In II AZ long a. there's
room. She made 'er bed sixteen years
ago. she did. agnin,t 'er fathers
wishes. and she amt the kind to 90
back and say It's too ard for 'er to
sleep In and she'd Ike I o come ONE
and sleep In n Of II for a change.
No, Stree. my lad
Shes got some OF 'er own money In
the show-all OF It. I dare say. Money
-. l9
years ago. Brad promised he'd buy
'er share In a year or two and let 'er put
the money away for Christine. But
he'll never do II. not I'm.
Her father was a very wealthy guy
IN New York" Joey continued, relating
the history OF Mary Braddork. The
old man-his names Albert Pontman.
the banker-was considering a second
venture into matrlmony at the time.
Mary was eighteen and raised such a
row he sent 'er Off to school.
One day n circus m to the town.
The young ladies ell preceded to fall
in love at first sight with a handsome
young equestrian, He was very good
looking, | can tell you that, and he 'ad
n fine hgger. We'll do | remember
Tommy Braddock in them days. He
vas twenty-five and he rode like a
Arab. Well, wot should 'appen but
is boss. a green one. must bolt sudden
Ike. scairt by M of the balloons that
1t i'm on the nose. Brad fell off as
the brute leaped out Of the ring. and
started right for the seats where the
schCoi misses was setting. Up jumps
Brad and sails after i'm. The boss got
tangled in some ropes and stumbled.
Just rs he was abou to leap into the
place where Mary Portman sat. Brad
grabs I'm by the bit and jerks i'm
around, but in the plunging that fol
lowed, the boss fell over on i'm. break
ing is leg-I mean Brad's. OF course.
there was a great stew about It.. He
wns took to a 'ospital and the papers
was full Of 'ow he saved the life of the
rich Miss Fortman. Well, she used to
10 to sec i'm a lot. When he got sos
he could 'obble around. she took i'm
out driving and SO on. lie was a air
spoken chap in them days and he 'ad
a good face. SO she fell desperit in
love with i'm. He was an Gro. She
told 'er father she vas going to marry
I'm. AS the old gentleman was about
to be married 'imseif. he 'ated to share
the prominence with 'er. SO he said
he'd disown 'er If she even thought Of
marrying Il low down circus rider. Tha,
WAS enough for Mary. She up and run
OF with Tom n got married to i'm
In q iify. beating 'er father to the altar
by about two weeks.
"As soon as Tom was able to ride
again. they Joined the show. Her father
disowned 'er. as he said he would. He