The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-04

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edness-it evolved you, you, the Fran
of today-the Fran of this living
hour. And it's the Fran of this living
hour that | want to marry?"
Fran covered her face with her
hands For a while there was silence,
then she said
Father was there, tonight"
"At the lion-show? Impossible! Mr..
Gregory go to a-a-to-a-
Yes, it is possible for him even to
go to show. But to do him justice,
no intention of doing anything so
wicked as that he only meant to do
some little thing like running away
But no. | can't speak of him with bit
terness. now. Abbott, he seems all
changed"
Abbott murmured as if stupefied:
Mr.. Gregory at show!"
Eyes, and a lion-show When it was
over he came to me-he was so ex-
cited"
$50 was l." spoke up the other
rather"
"You didn't show it. 1 thought
maybe you wouldn't care if had been
eaten up. No, no, listen. He
wanted to claim me-he called me
daughter right there before the peo-
pie, but they thought it was just Il sort
of-of church name But he was won
derfully moved. | left the tent with
him, and we had long talk came
from him to you. | never s-w any
body so changed"
"But why?"
You see, he thought / was going to
be killed right there before his eyes,
and seeing it with his very own eyes
made him feel responsible. He told
me. afterwards, that when he found
out who it was in the cage, he thought
of mother in a different wayne saw
how his desertion had driven her to
earning her living with showmen so l
could be supported. All in all, he is
changed man."
Then will he acknowledge you p
but no, no
"You see? He can't, on account of
Mrs. Gregory. There's no future for
him, or for her, except to go on living
as man and wife-without the secre-
tary. He imagines it would be a sort
of reparation to present me to the
world as his daughter, he thinks it
would give him happiness-buti it can't
be. Grace Noir has found it all out"
Then she will tell" Abbott ex-
claimed in dismay.
she would have told but for one
thing. She doesn't dare, and it's on
her own account-of course. She has
been terribly-well, indiscreet. You
can't think of what lengths she was
willing to go--not from coldly making
up her mind, but because she lose grip
ON herself, from always thinking she
couldn't. So she went away with Bob
Clinton-sheIl marry him, and they'll
go to Chicago, out of Littleburg his
torS-poor Bob. Remember the night
he was trying to get religion? I'm
afraid he'll conclude that religion
isn't what he thought 1T was, living so
close to it from now on"
'All this interests me greatly. dear,
because it interests you. Still, 1t
doesn't bear upon the main question"
Abbott, you don't know why l went
to that show to act You thought
was caring for a sick friend. What do
you think of such deceptions?"
ferson told me of girl falling from
trapeze; it was possibly La Gonizettfs
daughter. Mrs Jefferson told me that
Mrs. Gregory is nursing some one.
The same one, | imagine. And La Con
izetti was a friend of yours, and you
took her place, so the mother could
stay with the injured daughter"
You're a wonder, yourself!" Fran
declared, dropping her hands to stare
at him. Yes, that's it. All these
show-people are friends of mine.
When the mayor was trying to decide
what carnival company they'd have
for the street fair, / told him about
this show, and that's why it's here.
Poor La Confetti needs the money
they spend it as fast
as it's paid in. The little darling will
have to go to hospital, and there's
nothing laid by. The boys all threw
in, but they didn't have much, them
selves. Nobody has. Everybody's poor
in this old world-except you and me.
I've taken La Gonizetti's place in the
cage all dsy TO keep her from losing