The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21

Keep STEP YOU rascal 10 IONlt mao
further carried ont the deception.
The little lady rides we'll"
A pallld clown, In the peaked cap
and haggy pautaioous Of his kind, be-
Fan Il brisk dialogue with the ringiRas
ter as tho band suddenly ceased play.
ing, and Tom after bowling to the APP
rIausa his efforts mad won, turned Sc
dately toward the exit
Ladies' dressing rooms on the
right" came from the rinemaster in
a low voice, as the girl passed him
wait there HHtii am dene and will
So you safely out Of this"
Several female acrobats and aerial
art4='s eyed Betty cufiously as she
CAM among them. bat none seemed
ta-}sl.t- A.r entrance as anything out
Of ttD ordinary and Ia one presumed
10 at==H.~5 her. Soon their various
acts demanded them and she was left
alorn
( llaa HattF Fra8en been the conf
den Betty Of two brief hours ago she
would have ignored the command of
tn IiHse aftecrat and picked her own
way oGt 5nfo the air and home, But
/ the SRI Ms peculiarly weak Her
nerves were 1Iayed threads, and the
flush en- her creks had given way to
a sick Ballor She fell YEARLY onto
slim chair al the camp stool variety
aHd gave little thought to the mutt
nous Tom, whom fiunky had taken
from her AS she came out from the
Greua.
t Il beg your pardon"
The remark VAS plainly an effort to
rouse her from her humiIiating
thoughts, and, startled. she glanced
up into the face of the handsome
young ringmaster,
1t WIS puzzled blue eyes into which
Betty found herself gazing; wonder
/ ing eyes blended with d great deal Of
admiration and some curiosity.
You are Miss Braden, are you
/ moi? ?"
Betty flushed. She had not been
silly enough to imagine that she
could keep her identity secret, but
how did this circus man know hev?"
Il am she agreed stiffly, and
and wish to 90 home" Pride broke
periodically with the wist OF the last
words.
And I an here TO take you home.
| thought at first, Miss Braden, that
sou had originated your novel act to
help us osft and then it gradually
came 10 me that your horse was per-
forming against your will He must
have been an old-time circus horse"
Betty was almost on the verge of
tears.
II want TO go home" she re
peatedly misorably
Il Will ride with you for distance.
You seem 10 be utterly done up"
Betty raised protesting eyes.
But You will be needed here?"
%, | am at liberty now. | was only
on il Tho turn preceding yours"
What 4 shamet" thought Betty, as
the two rode safely through the maze
% tents and out onto the broad road
leading back into the country, that
/ handsome manly fellow Ike this
should waste his time with circus"
Re.tE,s opinion of circuses was not
very high. Why she mcditated. he
has rs much culture and refinement as
any of the young men of our set-and
he is better looking +" Flushing, she
shifted from this dangerous trend OF
thought.
Il believe | can continue alone,
now she announced. trfe coldly
And thank you very much for your
/ kind assistance"
But may not ride as far as your
/ home?"
I think not. We have never met
thia is, in the way that the ethics
demand you know, and"
But we viii, l shall have my sis
fer ihtro5lnco me right away"
Betty stared
Your sister? Really
Why yes. Laura Hedgeton, your
friend, is my sister, and"
Laura Hedgeton?"
Certainly"
''Bat how comes it that you are
travelling with that circus?''
Me - travelling with circus,
Why" Suddenly look of compre.
hcnsfon made rrow the eyes of the
youth.
Ny dear. Miss Rraden, he protest.
ID. You surely didn't think that l
vas an empoye eff the circus!''
But why shouldn't I think sou
Listen The show this afternoon
Has given for the benefit of the Bar
leyville hosuital, and a number of us
who live there took active part
Strange that you didn't hear Of 1t
before. We rented the whole aggre-
CATION outright. And now may We
relegate the conventions for once.
and may | ride home with you?"
Betty nodded n mute assent.
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