The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-24
TheEpening Story
Her Great Sin.
copyr,sh,. 1915. sy ". Werner }

II all began with yeast cake,
Ellen Rich found that mouse had
nlbbled the last one Ia the paper
lying upon the shelf. and as the
nearest store was two miles away,
she ran over TO the Mainseg 10 Dor
row. Ordinarily. she was not allow
ed 20 go 30 the Mainses FOR they
were considered rather ungOdly by
her father. Mr. Rich was a deacon
hi the Methodist church and he had
brought his only chick up according
ly. Perhaps he had been all the
more rigid in his discipline because
Ellen had no mother
Mrs. Mains and Myrtle were sit
ting on the yeranda. cooling OF after
hot day OF hard work. They we're
pining for some one TO talk TO. and
they welcomed Ellen with great Joy
"oh, Ellen. what do you think 80
cried Myrtle Were going 20 AT.
les 10 the circus tomorrow
"The circus" said Ellen why
didn't know there vas going 70
be one"
on, there is-a dandy Three
rings. and don't know how many
clowns Come in and III show YOU
the handbills."
Ellen followed Myrtle into the
fussy bur attractive sitting room, so
different from the neat barrenness
TO which she was accustomed al
home. On the table under the lamp
lay the gorgeous pink and yellow
handbills. dazzlingly printed. Ellen
stared at them, scarcely cOmpre-
hending. She had never seen such
things before Circuses, dancing
and cards were tAbooed subjects In
the Rich house.
Il wish you'd 90, too Myrtle
said "You've never seen a circus,
have your"
'Tve never seen anything" Ellen
breathed. with fascinated eyes upon
the handbills.
'Then you must go Mustn't she.
mother" Myrtle appealed 10 her
mother. who stood looking az the
two girls.
Father won't let me"
He'll never know. He's going
away on the train tomorrow and
won't be back till in the night--to
look at some cattle heard him
tell father" urged Myrtle.
Ellen clasped her hands. strongly
tempted.
"Jim Tarord's going TOO" Myr.
tie said, mot with us, though; we're
all going 70 be together after We get
there. He's going TO take his mother
and the girls"
"oh, is he?" Ellen gasped The
color flowed over her smooth. deli
cate face. 1T can't be so bad Il he
III mean" she stammered 70
pause.
"Pshaw' II isn't bad AZ all said
Mrs. Mains. That's all talk. I
warrant your father went 20 cir
cuses when he was young. though
he does pretend TO be so set against
them now. Circuses were made for
young folks 10 enjoy. wouldn't
think OF keeping Myrtle or Johnny
away They'll have something 20
think and talk about for six months
afterward To my mind there amt
half the harm In good, clean. live
circus that there is In one OF the
squshy love stories that the circu
latlng library's full Of"
ado please go Fl" pleaded Myrtle
There's going 10 be loads % room
And Wen pay your way"
"Oh, couldn't let you do that
Ellen said hurriedly Eve got mon
ey. I'll think about il and let YOU
know"
She ran all The way home. her
pulses racing faster than her flying
feet Jim Trafford was goirg -5is.
sweet-tempered Jim Tafford with
whom she had gone 10 school and
whose only fault. even in her father
eyes. was that he vas an Ep!scopa
Ian. Perhaps at the circus he would
SIT near her and they could speak
together