The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25

out, lilo went ahead and ate his raw
meat and bananas and shouted al
right. but when he was taken out oI
his cage 10 be pRraded he whispered
to his employer;
DO | get the back salary7"
Go on with you!"
DO get it?"
"Nlt!"
Then occurred a thing that never
happened on this green earth before
and will never happen again. Fam
threw on his yoke Of slavery then and
there. He yelled, He whooped. He
cast away his chains, and after seizlna
Aunt Hannah Doty by the body and
throwing her across the sawdust ring
he made break for the tent entrance
and went running down tho 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 a 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 a 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 tree, weaving a wreath
for somebody's brow. "Zam" wanted
10 get to the woods to shake off pur
suit, and he must pass her within
lew feet. She saw him-she shrieked
she sprang up--she saw Mr. Walters
along, and then she tainted
md keeled over, Something told her
hat 1t was a Wild man from Africa,
md that he intended to make cats
neat OF her, and it was quite sensible
# her to faint. She tainted so quick
y that she didn't hear him call tc
Ter:
Don't be scared, Missy! I'm only q
1an in disguise!"
And she was dead to the world as he
hecked his pace long enough to add:
Il don't blame her a darned bit!
Iope It will cost old Ringtail ten
ones extra!"
"Zam" got into the woods and pur
nit was off. Mr.. Walters, putting and
lowing, came up to find a good look
lg girl huddled among the daisies
nd he ran to a brook and got water
his hat and sopped her face, max
g the usual mess OF it. BY and by
iss Kitty found herself sitting uT
Id saying:
"Oh, that horrid thing"
But it's gone'
And you were so brave! Please
Ike me home"
At a slow walk, and leaning heavily
his arm, grandpa's was reached. Il
as reached again that evening, and
e next day and the next. In fact Mr +.
alters felt it his duty to pay call
least once a day until sure that the
Id man had returned to his mother !
Michigan. And all this resulted in !
aeon Chambers speaking from the
stofIice steps for the third time and o
ying: =
Darn my hat. but what do you fel I
s think now?" 3
What is it?" u
That chipmunk killer and the gal "
1t tainted away are sittin' up nights u
,ether and if that don't mean love u
d marriage III saw the horns of o
? best cow" "
,pyrlght, 1912, by the Mcclure News a.
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