The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13

clowns when the band started Pegs
music.
80 Lord, they're crazy" cried the
old clown. There's my girls music
ind"
There's your girl" was the sud
den interruption of one Of his clown
companions.
Peg, my girl, Peg" was Flip's Joy
Gus cry as he bounded into the ring
and clasped the pretty circus rider
close to his heart. Thank God, you're
lack again and safe
And then the other clowns dragged
linn out Of the ring, while he danced
with JOY, as Peg proceeded with her
aumber. The crowd thought the in
.ident was part Of the program, and
npplauded.
Being the feature act Pegs number
was near the close Of the show and
sitter the clowns had taken possession
cf the ring to finish Off the perform
ance matters came to Il sudden and
Unexpected elimination. Above the
ioars of laughter the clown antics in
spired, there was heard a sudden roar
CT musketry. The clowns stopped
short. The crowd, dead silent for a
second, rose from it's seats and made
6 mad rush from the tent.
There We're more shots heard, volley
after volley sounding in the direction
Of the town. The crowd that had
Leen in attendance upon the circus
rushed away, leaving the show grounds
deserted save for the Americans who
belonged with the outfit. The show
rlen were mystitied-and apprehen-
sive.
The performers returned to their
cars lying near the depot. Everyone
who could be spared to watch the
show property remained on guard for
the night. Other men were stationed
slong the trains to watch the ears.
l.obody knew just what was the mat
ter, but there was uneaSiness among
the Americans and the show folks all
seemed to dread the next move the
l~.atives of the town would make.
Peg slipped into the railroad station
| and sent this wire to young Doctor
Innd:
"Circus threatened. Mexicans up
RISING. Send help"
The girl hardly knew whether she
vas right or wrong in SO doing; but
sne knew hat she wanted the man
she loved to De Informed of her Ian
ser. If trouble never came it could
lie easier explained than to wait de-
,%elopments that might prove disas-
trOus.
It was we'll that Peg got her mes
sage through that night. For early
the next morning Mexican briganls
lad cut the telegraph wires and
terminated communication, for the
time being. with the outer world. Aal
it so happened that when Peg went to
tie station to send the message after
the show, she found it necessary
to hold a revolver against tho temple
Of the Mexican dispatcher before he
would consent to act.
She took chances on what the Mex
lean was sending, but the dispatch
which came to young Doctor Lund in
the old fisherman's hut early next
morning reused the young man to sui
den forgetfulness of his injuries al
though there was no signature to the
telegram. The next train carried him
toward the Mexican frontier, but be-
fore he left the old fisherman young
Lund took the old mans hand and
thanked him for his hospitality.
tNa1,nl COO nyn ~ IN tho VI
pretty soon,' said Lund. peg must
have SEN that wire you gave me. I'm
going to the border and on my way
I'll scare up every available cowboy
between here and Mexico"
The old man watched him hurry
away, and turning to his wife said:
Il guess the streak on the back Of
his head has struck in. He talks to
mi like a crazy man might"
Then the old man wandered down
the beach for his morning chat with
his cronies. He found three other
fishermen discussing the news in the
morning paper.
.'There must be an uprising in Mex
ico," one Of the fishermen said, as the
old man arrived among them. "Some
circus wires for help" And then the
old fisherman added some news Of his
own to what was printed in the pa
pers.
Lund had just time to catch his
train, but from the first station where
a stop was made he sent a telegram
to one Of his friends, a ranchman,
near the Mexican border. In this dis
patch Lund set forth as well as he
could the desperate straits of the cir
Gus people, and closed the message by
requesting his friend TO hurry a
cayalcade of cowboys to the rescue.
Mrs. Lund's arrival in the Mexican
town was unheralded. Only Chockro
knew she was coming. and in the ex-
element the woman was able to leave
the train without being recognized by
any Of the circus folk. Chockro led
her to an old cafe where he had adj
ranged to have several villainous-
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