Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-11-14
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER IA 1918
"No. amt" retorted fhe deaco

my consent, Celia" said the deacon,
and, putting on his hat, he stepped
briskly out of the house.
Celia, dressed In white waited by
the gate for Jim Brayton to come
along. She would not go to the circus
with him without her fathers consent
and she would tell him so. though she
resented the deacon's unnecessary
harshness. She was no longer child
Jim came and talked earnestly with
her, and Celia laughed and cried and
protested, but In the end Jim had his
way and went into the farmyard,
where he fused around for awhile
When he returned to tho gate the dea,
con and Mrs Howell were returning
from the circus grounds.
"There was such crowd we
couldn't see dun thing" chortled the
deacon.
81 wish sometimes l want a church
member" Uttered Mrs Howell. 81
was tempted to run away from the
deacon and go inside The music ~
enticing"
"IIum." said the deacon weakly. 81
s'pose you're going across lots, Ncttie?"
"Yes," sighed the widow, crossing
the deacon's yard and passing through
a gate into his bayfield, where the hay
stacks doomed large In the very faint
light Of n young moon. The deacon
followed her, and Celia and Jim were
close behind the old couple.
thn tuau Jnnonn eniI In, aud
denly. 81 suppose you heard that one
Of the animals got loose from the cir
Gus tonight"
Good Lord, nor shouted the dea
con- "What was it2'
"The ferocious black Jaguar of the
Amazon"
"Ah-h-h-h-h-hW squealed tho widow
shrilly. at may be in this bayfield,
II may be I'm my front yard. 1t may
have clumb in through my pantry win.
dow. What shall we doT
Keep calm" said the deacon nerv-
ously. What Is that?' He jumped
aside as something brushed his heels.
"Only the cat, father" said Celia in
a mufIled tone Jlm's arm was around
her closely
1--WE better go into the house," said
the deacon firmly. This is no place
for tender wlmmen, jim"
There's no call for us to go I'm, dea.
con. We're not tender women" re.
tortcd Jim. "Whnt Is that?"
"Ah-h-h-h-h-h" screamed the widow,
and this time with reason, for some
thing long and black came looping out
from the shadow OF a haystack.
The Widow Howell cast aside her
bonnet and, regardless Of dignity, fair
Iy galloped across the pasture only to
meet the running black form, or an
other one like 1t, face to face.
"Thc hull circus Is loosel" she
screeched Historically and swerved to
the right
The deacon was running as valiant
ly In the opposite direction, and some
how Jim Brayton was running, too,
here and there over the field, and when
ever he neared one Of those numbering
black bodies it grunted and darted for.
ward with renewed speed. Celia lean,
ed helplessly against the gate and cried
and laughed
9.
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your pas circus. Celia !" and Celia cried.
"Oh, Jim, please stop themw
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