Evening star., 1914-01-25
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY rs. 1914
THE OUBLE-BARRELED TOWN

ing the tcn-foot bridge and DETECTING
through part of Peterton.
That decided, we continued in our sea-
going, open faced hack to the hotel, there to
dope out ways and means of putting last
ing crimp into the business of McSsrS. Wells
& Howe the champion roughneck circus OF
Christendom. On the way we met score
of small boys yelling "Extra!" and found
that the front pages of both the Peterton and
the Melrose evening papers contained ade-
quate accounts of Hawkins victory over the
smallpox scare. As was paying the driver
heard yelp from the hotel lobby.
Look, Toni See who's hcre.0
| turned, and in the door beheld the de-
lightful vision of Miss Dorothy Mccain,
the prettest girl New York had yet pro-
duced. A crowd of natives, open mouthed,
wild eyed, looked on as Jack placed an audi
BILE brotherly kiss squarely on her adorable
lips.
Greetings and salutationsl" said !. And
where may you have come FROM" While |
knew the young lady was somewhere in the
Southwest waiting for Jack to take her back
to Manhattan, | was certainly surprised to
see the delight of Fifth-ave. in this dusty
Texas town. A Towering rosebush in a
cabbage patch, diamond in sand pile,
fresh Strawberries in Greenland, or Paris
gown at a Quaker meeting, wouldn't be more
out of place She smiled, bless her heart!-
and I'll bet a lot of Texans still talk about
that smile.
I've come from San Antoine" said she.
"Motored all the way with the Dlxons.
Dolores Dixon and | went to school to-
gether, and Mr.. Dixon, Mrs. Dixon, Dolores,
and 1.-THE chauffeur too if you'll let him
are going to see your old dear of a circus to-
morrow. When are you men going to be
ready to go back home! | have tons OF
work waiting, to be made, shopping
to do friends to visit before winter sets in,
and then there's Fathers house to be put IN
order Gracious! It's almost Christmas!
"Ncver mind, Sis, we'll be starting for the
Big Town soon," said Jack. "We're glad
you've arrived Aren't we, Tom? Got here
Just in the nick of time. Tomorrow's the
day set for the big balloon ascension. Lordy,
Lordy! You'll die with glee! Had grub!
Go and doll up while Tom and | study the
air currents. Well reserve table for the
whole mob. Dinners at SIX. Run along.
Ply the time she had tripped out of sight
- Jack and | were in executive session.
The whole thing was as easy as rolling OFT
log now. The two circuses were to parade
one behind the other, and Hill, Sans con-
tracing agent had arranged with the Mel
rose authorities that the other show must
give its street exhibition and be back on the
lot by noon. Our cavalcade was to follow
Immediately. All we had to do was to pick
out the particular part of the Wells & Howe
aggregation that we wanted put in the
bastile, shunt it across to Peterton, remove
the barrcade so our rain-staegering col
lection of equestrian, geological, acrobatic,
and musical marvcls could continue on the
march, and sit back while the law in Peter
ton took its usual plodding course.
with the entire official family OF the IN
imical town squatted at luncheon in Haw-
kins' cook tent, the wheels in the mills of
justice ought to do some slow grinding,
lack muttered.
BY telephone l acquainted Sam with
what had been done, SO he could advise the
chef to stretch himself on the next days
lunch. He laughed SO hard that the call
cost dollar-eghty. 1t should have been
about fifty cents. Then Jack and | strolled
down to the boundary and interviewed the
grocer Yes, he had two-horse truck. He
expected a carload of melons tomorrow, and
the truck would be used to tote the fruit to
his store Would he WHAT
"Listen!" | told him while he leaned
against his safe and eyed me s,,spiciouslv.
Here's chance for you to make twenty
FIVE dollars without a pennys loss. All you
have to do is to have your loaded truck break