Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-12-03
DANCING FEET
BY MARTHA M'CUllOCH-
WILLIAMS.
Copyright 1914. by the Mcclure Newspa-
unr SYuliGntnl

when Edlth Norrys let herSell so'
trouble came of it,
DO you-happeh-to kho"-ohe
Baldwin, she asked, the gaps be-
tween words showing now sue was
lighting with herself
Il know two BaldWlhS-Dao ana
Pony. Which is 1t you're out 10
scalp Lester answered.
He caught gasp--then: Two!
Impossible. There isn't loathSome-
ness i'll ihe world to make two Come
over rlSht away ana iet NE convince
yon-l feel IKE saying thlhgS no lady-
IKE telephone ought 70 carry
Lester ran seNeh-oishthS vi 'io
mlIe pelWeeh' puC s"Uil'el'u up ~ '"'
BACK PIAZZA as thou8h NE heiu ho
such thlng as haSte.
ITS about Mcrr'lee' OF COURSE
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leet 'hat dance III si,'Ie o' ne'
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lut 'he chl'iunS' "S s"e I"'''
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spare from 'Ie NoHuc'' VI ,o"" ~,
po!S sot l" p''C"'"s NUS '''U' "''N
ea''iS ""'eIill'lo'' "6"iI'' '",,' o'''
Merfllee says sne 'oa' nei sen '''o,9
SO many lo!hS -tl'"t i'"!u"'' '''''S
-Ioui'u nol nol 'Hen "h"' Wv ~" ''''''"
happehcu'
Tel me, flddles pore me- LES
ter said erlnnlng.
Edith glared at nm. TOOK heF
into the pubic dance tent, She SaIu'
by and by all the rest stopped TO
watch hcr-then her shoes hurt her-
he mad" her slip them OH ana dance
there before all that crowd, IN Just
her petticoat-hcr slip rather one Il
given hcr-paIe blue lawn. lhen ne
threw money at her, SILVER dollar
That started all the rest-she was
pelted with it-~dlmes, quarters one
gold piece even
Good for Pony, 1t must nave be'h
Pony; Dab is the tight Wad, Lester
interrupted laughing,
Again tdIth gIarcd' NaI'' ne
worst is to come she said, Inc
man who flung the gold is an outsider
came with one of the attractions
those foolish town folk VIII BRING IN
for the fair. He got at Merrllee, got
at her people, too. The result Is theS
are ready to murder me because l
won't let the child go on with this
Wrctch-as an added attraction TO
his side show. Think She's only
sixteen, can keep her two years
lOnger-till she's eighteen, thanks 10
goodness. | hesitated to have her
bound to me legally. Now I'm ever
so glad of having had it done.
Better let her CO., Lester Degah'
straight to destruc)ion,' Edlth iiared'
He shook his head, saying, NO
ITO the fultlllment OF her des'lhy'
Here's her chance. To us 1t looks
smirchcd even hazardous-but IT
may never come again.
Il Will Edith said slowly Mer'
rilee shall have her chance. But
don't ask me not to hate that Bald'
win thing"
Times Whirligig does, indeed, bring
strange revenges. Two years later
Mrs Joseph Lester, born Norrys, sat
beside her husband, leaning forward
over the box front, intent to miss no
rhythm nor cadence OF the cancer WHO
held a big audience spellbound. Merry
Morn she called herself.
"Therc's-a great marvel" Lester
said, nodding toward man below,
one beyond the middle age, rough cast
roughly clothed, yet radiating rugged
power. Nothing else would ever have
drawn Al Jenny from the Coye. |
hope his coming means no mlschiel.