The Washington times., 1915-10-10
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Selling Q Circus.

youth never ending. "Boom-de-ra-
a-s-h-dth! Doom-de-ra-a-a-h-dah! he
sang In unison with the strident from:
ono hand; while WallinEford. standing
against tho rail. looked down on him
with an indulEent smile. Across the
,Ssy ,wsy the sxpectant crowd. hitherto in
tho curb. while out Of the stores poured
excited country folk OF all descriptions.
end from every window popped fous ~
nve heads. The porch OF the MkJt'
street red-fsced. pcrspirins fathers an
frantic mothers darted after bewildered
chlldren; while the balloon and whistle
vendors held tho open spaces to them
The band biared louder rs IL turned
from Court House Square toward Main
street. -Four assorted policemen-a fat
o one' q skinny one. q piseon-breasted
nne rne' ana runt-swung around the cor-
nor. and; In the pompous might OF their
norpie-vlsaged authority. beat back the
populace to pulpy human wall. A
morse and buggy. both sleek and shiny.
lane tnr dashing down Body street and
parade. The driver was a sporty"
c'sy clothes could conceal.
preitv e wa,tra,, Ii hSogSSsr;" SsnS,.r whispered a
WallinEford and Blackie. His wife's
dsad. and he's sold his farm. and nut
az ms money In the bank. He always
axes axe, MS diner here. when he comes to
tween you two men,
frctty good detective work for two
m,aEs, Miss Fannie" compllmented Wal
,h.nS,ord. With smile into the sparkling
JOB as waitressr'
,. Win circus coming to town."
auShed the blue-eyed girl who cana
So,,rsS So5 Jus, it, behind d Fannie Warden. "of
only you thought l had better not. WV
Gettlng information about Mr.. Bon.
Eer Is so easy it's stupid" went on Tic
ESrowniSeyed PROV, EYE; Fannie. "All the girls
,r,; What. his bank roll?" asked Wal.
hn,,grord. speculatively.
drod hGy ,Sonss say >, everything UP to two hum
ing about her furtivcIy; but tho thromn
os, On me soolv House porch was SO inter,
fsstcd In the excitement Of the street
.ny .nat they paid no attention to the four four
iih Wei. though rye iSi1s i,f.ed i down pretty
sevsnty:ave thousand" i"s dollars. ns has about
Violet, @ VS. With when N. u Father died" said
held in her hand siaSe smaII na ISItssrmsss mse. She
pook In which was a long list Of M MI
At the head of the list wassE. i H' "falss' FaIls
anu this name was crossed OF Thss
nGst S,a name name was Elias Pogger.
hnor reA'e reached over and closed the
Don't Don't worry about Elias" he ad.
rlsed her. patting the hand which held
tnc rr book We're here to see Thai
exnn,. ,uS restitntes. principal. interest. and
He's the life OF the party" op'
Indeed Elias Bogger was an ac,,yo
diversion: for now the entire policc
,ores uh OF Burrville had stopped his horse.
a ~hiGh bandrsS stood , beautifully prancing while
rsetions to the officers and to Borper
h.lss. meanwhile. was having the time
OF MS gay second youth, standing IN in
ms new buggy. calling the four police.
men oy their first names. exchanging
In the audience. and bowing and vnns smiis
ing to the ladies'. Full Of furious en-
er9y' the four policemen tugged in as
many different directions. with as alb
surdly unconcerted action as four ants
Ly,mg nIynnS -h,.s.y 20 cary on srasshopper. The
proving stronger than the others. pulled
me morse around in his own direction
led him down to the corner ana headed
MN away from Main street. when. with
q pasuhg eheer from the crowd. Mr.
hogser. with rush and a clutter, and
q whoop. drove around behind the Booiv
House to the stables.
An authorizNi horse-and- buggy driver
VINO drove standing. entered now upon
the scene. stopping every thirty feet or
80 to advise the pee-puI to hold their
norscs. to stand back from the ele-
phants. and to follow at once to the cir
Gus grounds. where, Immediately after
the arrival OF the monster parade, a
SrSna Tree exhibition would be given In
'front.' Of the mammoth canvasses Of the
y. +. Barnes Colossal Aggregation OF
rented Wonderland beware Of pick
pockets: He was a tall. commanding
man with a voice like the hoarse roar
Of Judgment day. but the pee-pui paid
no attention to him. They were waitins
for the elephants.
Boom m-de-ra-a-a-h-dah! boom-de-ra-
a-ah-dah" sang Blackie Daw again.
spsinging to his feet with he ecstasy OF
a. a o1y' , the band had turned the corner
IN ns gaudy red-and-gilt wagon drawn
by six plumed horses. Here come the
elephants. Violet! They're only size
thirteen. but they're real. cross.my-
heart; s so.help.me- -geminy elephants;
two camels. Jim! How the Lord must
have eiggled when he made the first
camel! iboom-de-ra-a "a ar-dah! boom de-
ra.a-ah- -dah! Gee. how I'd like to be a
ND again ans see this all for the first
the p. 7. Barnes peg-drivers disguised
as princes. Oh. look who's here! the
ten thousand-dollar-beauty! Hello. Mar
tie pieW a KISS to the perspiring
Queen OF Sheba" on the dizzy ton az
her swaying and joiting chariot, and
she turned away from him, not in con-
tempt. but Just tired. He did not even
see this gesture for he was already in
sulting the moth-eaten lions which fol-
lowed her. painting with ~the heat in
their dusty cage.
otis a great day for Burrville.
chuckled ]. Rufus. after the passing OF
the calliope and the local grocery
wagons; but I'm wondering IL It was
n good plan to come after Elias when
there's so much else doing" He turned
10 smile at Fannie. but she had hur-
rind in to save her three important
seats.
Hush. Jimmy" objected Blackit,
reaching down to buy a handful OF
balloons. II don't care for business un-
loss ] can combine pleasure with IT,
I'm glad we're here. want to 20 TO
he circuit. l want to feed peanuts to
tho elephants. want to see the hin
popotamus chew a stick of gum.
want TO watch a,good gunman glom
hick for his poke. | want to he an
innocent youth again and short change
a rube.'
That's what YOU were doing the first
time | met YOU" musnd WalIing ford,
milling at the look of perplexity in the
,lue eyes OF Violet Warden. Since these
wo careless and jovisl soldiers Of for.