Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-22
Copyright. Newark Daily
Continued from yesterday

For days afterward the children
talked circus, thought circus and
played circus. Davie and Billy
practised acrobatic stunts until, as
Norah, the cook, said, You niver
knew whether you wad find thin
on their heels or their heads" while
Dorothy and Mary Elizabeth took
to posing gracefully on the side
porch banister, pretending that 1t
was pair of galloping steeds 60
ing around a ring at full speed.
Dear me-" sighed mother Dear
one afternoon, when the children
had come tearing home from school
to play chariot-race out in the
stable lot, "I wonder how long this
circus fever is going to last"
"I've no idea," replied nurse Nell
lie, who was mending a Jagged tear
in one Of Davies blouses, II looked
out of the dining room yesterday
lust in time to see Mary Elizabeth
try to Jump through a newspaper
covered hoop that Dorothy was
holding"
Did she succeed?" mother Dear
wanted to know.
Nurse Nellie smiled. "We-ell,"
she said, slowly, MARY Elizabeth
got through the hoop, but
wouldn't say that her experiment
was exactly a success, for she land
ed in crumpled heap, with one leg
sticking through the paper. Dor
othy laughed until tears rolled down
her cheeks.
ut was funny" nurse Nellie ad-
ded, Mary Elizabeth looked so
crestfallen. l suppose she thought
she'd land gracefully on one toe,
like the bareback riders do. The
hoop wasn't half big enough for
such a feat" And nurse Nellie
leaned back in her chair and
laughed heartily.
Mother Dear laughed, too.
They're wonders" she declared;
"last night Davie dreamed again,
and talked in his sleep of clowns
jumping over elephants. We'll"
mother Dear rose from her chair,
"the craze won't last much longer.
I'm afraid If it does we'll all be try
ing to do tricks.
"I'm afraid So" said Nellie, as
mother Dear laid her sewing on the
table and walked toward the door;
Judging from their shouts, the
chariot race is a success"
A little later, while mother Dear
was discussing dinner with Norah,
the cook, Dorothy and Mary Eliza
beth rushed up the back steps.
Their eyes were popping and their
faces were very red.
Mother, you'll just have to come!
Davie and Billy are having a per-
fectly awful fight, and we cannot
make them STOP" cried Dorothy.
And Mary Elizabeth chimed in:
They're rolling over and over in
the dirt, and Billy said Davie was
a mean old cheat, and Davie said
Billy was crazy and didn't know
how to play, and -"
And then Davie hit Billy, and
Billy hit Davie, and they called
Mercy Mer-cee-ee!" Mother
Dear placed her hands over her
ears, "one at a time, girls. You're
making me dizzy with your volume
of words"
calmer voice, i've were playing
chariot-race, and all of a sudden
Davie put out his foot and tripped
Billy, and Billy fell in the dirt
And"
And when Billy said 1t wasn't
fair Davie said he didn't know how
to play. And he did know how to
play. and that was a mean thing
for Davie to do" interrupted Mary
Elizabeth, "Davie is always mean
to Billy, anyway"
Now, Mary Elizabeth, is that
quite true?" asked mother Dear,
gently.
Mary Elizabeth looked sulky.
Mono" she said, but he was
mean today. You'd better come to