Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-11-14
Deacon
PunderSOn'S
Circus
Or How He Became a
Convert
BY CLARISSA MACKIE
By CLARISSA MACKIE

Deacon Punderson drove his rattle
trap old buggy up to the blacksmith's
shop and stepped nimbly to the ground.
Celia, his pale, pretty daughter, sat In
the buggy gazing at the flaming circus
posters pasted on the sun bleached
boards of the old shop.
Jim Brayton came out of the shop,
wiping his hands on his leather apron.
A quick glance flashed from his brown
eyes to Cella's appealing blue ones,
and each of them nodded brusquely to
the other.
Hello, JIM Susies cast shoe.
You better shoe her all around. l
reckoned on waiting another month be-
fore doing It."
at isn't any too soon," remarked
Jim dryly as he deity unbuckled
straps and released tho white mare
from the shafts. "All her shoes are
loose. When she comes down the
street sounds like them Spanish cas-
tanets l heard at show I'm New
York"
Hum" said the deacon refectlvely.
ue WINS NOT I'm tho Ioost offended NJ
the remorka of tbe vounr blacksmith.
Deacon Punderson was rich enough
not to mind gibes Mt his stinginess.
The nossessIon Of his untouched mon.
av saamed IN reouita him for tho con.
tempt of his fellow men.
"Hnm" he raneoted costInp n cold
prav eve nm at tho INV posters az
been wandering Tim whot vore m
would have soid 70 500 them un0odlv
nosters hanging I'M there on the sbop. !"
"Verv likely no wouId hive amid no
was plod tho circus wos cominpu grin.
nod lin os no Ied susIa into tho sbod
md bitched her
"Tut tut Yora nm WINS deocon Tim
lie didn't sot no STORE nv circuses It's
n hight on tho community having nil
tbam noIntod and hadt1onod man and
wImmcn covortinq around"
wThen vou,ra NOT going daaconw
"No oIn,t and ybot,s moro mona
NJ NV romiIv,s coIngp
"Ob nor, criod CoIJo with agitation
DEACON pundorson GLANCED sevoroIv
NJ bJs daughter ana than no,ptod bis
a,,mn ~ a ,yhIn nm NJ Tho nootors
"Daugbter" bo soid solamnIv edo
vo,, want 20 oo and oozo on buuon no.
inga docLed out With mint and footb.
ers ridinc oround n rInr On four borsoa .
DO Won want to 500 clowns turning
tumbIosoultsp 10 Won wont n 90 and
oozo on-go1o on tho on,mIIes shut nm
In cooos whom cod made ,or 70 roam
tho ,yorld and oo, ard drInl, ,yhoro ,boy
wouIdp Ira n nIt,rul s,gbt--it IaI1
Tho doooo, st,hod cooI,r,,I,,
Collie Iookod roIo ard rod hv t,rrs
and hcr avos vovorod botwaan bor "a,
tber,a Fat foco and tho strong courto.
nance ~ lin provton NJ Tho anvil
lin enIIod NJ bor tIrou,I, n sho,yo- %
snorta NO no hommorod and sbonod
susIo's sboos
arc ,,o,,. n o,.o,,,, ), ,,,o,,. -, ..o
daocon nleosed NJ tho aIIonce with
which hts romorks vero recoIvod aI,d
onan nil tho cogo doora and Troo oil
them moor prisoned onimiIes 90, ia
sov to ,em ,oo Won noor croo,ore Emit
the Lord made and eniov voro froo.
domp Tben would 90 home and
sloon ouIet and noocosrI Lnow,ro
had did INV dutv 4" no opdod nIonsIv
"WbIIo you woa sIoonIng nooco,uI
thoso noor Ami, ant,noi, ,',o,IIS go,
uLoIy no nrou,lIna aromnd vonr boz
houso and nias,ine don,t snnnoao
non,I ,'Ina i"n,ri,,n,,nr y ,a,u 90. Rooa
,nd onn a. t,no oana ao,, t,a o,rosa
onInoia ,o,,,d no ,r"o - ro,oar,,oS IT,,
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'eVo nc VIII 'e' US get '''"'r'eu
JIM
eS' ma am, grlhheu JIM c'hppihs
Shoe on SuSles TOOL II my luehS
aoht nliscarfy the dehcoh u make up
MS Iiiihu 10 iet you set InhIrleu'
oh' JIM quu'ereu tiIiiu Cehh'
lou Aho"' i"thc, s"yS u ne uiuh
nnVe me 10 Keep mousse lor MN tnnt
Mrs, iowei, woulu niurry MN rlsnt