The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-29
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 of the neagnbovhood he managed to d1slOdge the aroa cover of the e4steEn and dropped ehc arfehns etic Within A fine sp1ush rewarded bis listening eax Thus assured that when he look ed for that book again no one would find it for him. he replaced the cover and be- took himself pensiveiy to the high v ay, dtsecuragfnE Duke rom foIIowang by repeated rolIeys of stones, sonaa i'm aginary and others all too real.
 Arrzvsd upon the popuIous and fes- stfte scene Of the dog and pony show, he nrst turned his attention to the brightly decorated booths which surs spunded the tent The cries of the peanut vendors. of the popcorn men. oe the toy balloon sellers; the stirring music of the band pla yins before che perforzaazce to attract a croWds the shouting Of excited children and the barking of the dogs within: the tent all sounded exnilara tingIy in Pienrod s cars and net his blood a-tingae- Nev- erfhe1ess he did not squander his money or Hing it to the winds an one grand spIuEee Instead. he began caus douSly with the purchase of an ex-
 aor dlnarilY large pickle, which he ob- tasned from an aged negress for his odd cant too o59 ioS1s@ bargain to be missed At an adjacent nd he bought glass of raspberry lemonade (so Alleged1 and dipped it as he ate the. pickle He Jeff nufhing of either
 Next he entered small restaurant ten1 and for modest nickel was sup-' piled with q fork and q box of sardines, previoasly oDened- il is true, but more than hafk fun He ccnsgnaed the sar- dimes utterly. but left the tin box and the fork, after which De indulged in an inexpensive haaf pint of llkewarm cl-5 der at one of the open booths. Mug In hand, gentle glow Taeiating toward his s1zface from yaxio as cenke1s of ac- tiysty deep inside hfza. he paused for breath. and She cool. sweet cadences of the watermelon man fell deleetably upon his ear; <. <: ;. -.
 Ice cole WAtermelons Ice cole wafer me1ont The biggest slice of ice cole, ripe. red, ice cole rich an rare; the biggest slice Of ice cole watermelon ever cut by the hand of man. Buy our icp cole watertaelons ss
 Penrcds having drained the last drop o9 cider, compiled with the watermelon mans luscious entreaty and received
 round slice Of tie fruit, magnificent Ia circumference and something over a inch in thickness Leaving only the really dangerous part of the rind be- Lind lEns he wandered away from the Ficinity of the zaterIneI0n man and nupRlled himself with bag of pea nats v hfch with the expendit ure of 2 sziask1or admission, left q qua-ter still warmz a his pocket However, he managed to .sbreak the coin at a stand inside the tent where large, ohlong paper box Of popcorn was hand 
 was too large to go into his pocket, but having seated himself among some Wistfnl PoIack children he placed it in his lap and devoured the contents at leisure during the performance The popcorn was heayilg larded with par. tially boiled molasses, and Penrod sandsVdched moufhfuls of peanuts with gobs 6K this mass untiI the peanuts were all gone After that he ate with less avidity. sense almost of satiefy beginning to manifest itself to him, and it was not until the close of the perfornnance that he disposed of the astmorseI
 He descended little heavily to the. outdow1ng crowd In the arena and bought cater uauiing g toy balloon, but showed no great enthusiasm in Inantpg ulat1ng M Near the exit as he came out was q het Wad7e stand which he had overlooked. and q sense of duty obliged him to consume the fl1ree wal des, thickly powdered with sugar. which the waffle man cooked for him upon command
 They left hott1sh taste in his. mouth; they had not been quite up to his anticipation, Indeed, and it was with sense Of relief that he turned to the Hokey pokey cart which stood rIose at hand laden with square slabs of Neap0Iftan ice cream trapped in papeE He thought the ice screan would be cooling. but somehow it fell short of the desired effect and left peculiar savor in his throat
 He walked away, 100 1aRgufd to blow his balloon, and passed fresh tafry booth with strange indifference. hare armed man was manipulating the tanty oyer hook, pulling a great, white mass to the desired stage of candy mgss but Penrod did not pause to watch the operation In fact, he avert ed his eyes (Which were slightly gIazed) in passing. He did not analyze his motives. Simply he was conscious that he preferred not to look at the mass of rady
 For some reason he put euisidera- bley distance between himself and the taffy stand. but before long halted in the presence of red faced man who dourisheJ a long fork over. small cooking apparatus aIsd shouted joyial- Iy: Winnies Here's your hot win niesl Hot wiflny wurst. Fcod for the overworked brain. neurIslline for the weak stuIrnlcl, e1atertainihg for the tired hzainesa man Heres your hot.
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