The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-09-15
EIGHTH EPISODE


Where is my girl? Who has seen
Peg?" cried Flip, the clown, when he
came back to the womans dressing
tent after another search in his trunk
for the priceless letter.
she left here a few moments ago."
said one Of the girls. "She went away
with young Doctor Lund," said an.
eother. And it was only after diligent
inquiry that Flip discovered that his
little girl had gone to the show
train to find out how badly her pet
pony had been injured
When Flip reached the railroad, he
found men running down the tracks
toward the trestle. His heart stood
still when he looked at the place on
the side-tracks where the circus train
was standing. One of the cars was
missing, and he was apprehensive of
disaster when he began to inquire
about the cause of the wild rush of
men, down the tracks.
One of these circus cars got loose
and ran onto the main line. 1t has
been wrecked down on the trestle,"
was the distressing reply that came
TO his excited questioning
Flip made his way with the others
40 the trestle where, piled in a heap,
the splintered and shattered car OBJ
structed the tracks. Under a pile
of debris Flip saw the legs of pony
kicking about. and his fears were
thus confirmed. This was the car
Peg bad started for when she left
the show grounds.
"Oh, my poor little girl; she's
killed, know she is" walled the old
clown, his body shaking with grief
while tears streamed down his face
Some of the show folks had, by this
of them gently urged him away from
the scene
You can do no good here, Flip.
The wreckers will clear the track and
some OF the boys will stay here and
see about Peg. You go back to the
show. Just because she started for
this car is no sign she got inside of
s 1t. Cheer up, and don't grieve until
you know more than we do now"
But Flip was inconsolable, His
companions walked with him back to
the show lot, and the performers tried
to cheer the clown while he sat on his
trunk and wept. The news Of the
wrecked car had spread rapidly among
the show people, and there we're many
to give Flip kind word and to com
fort him with the fact that it was not
certain Peg had even been in danger.
Mrs. Lund was among the number
who visited Flip in the mems tent.
She had come to the show grounds
for her own sinister purposes. and
learned of the wreck from the per.
formers No one save Der Hindu
servant knew why she was really
there; nobody with the show even
suspected Mrs. Lund's heartless du-
plicity
1t seemed natural that she, as the
wife of the owner Of the show, should
visit the lot, and only human that she
should interest herself in Flip, by try.
ing to comfort the old clown in his
grief She was tenderness itself in
her efforts to soothe him.
I'VE do not know that Peg was in
the car" she said. The show folks are
searching for her, and If my boy is
with her you may be sure he will find
n way to protect her from harm"
But Flip, nervous and distressed,
found little comfort in anything she
said.
Truth to tell the incident of the car
being wrecked was all news to the
designing Mrs. Lund and she was
hopeful that the Hindu had at last
accomplished the purpose of the mis-
sion upon which she had originally
sent him-to dispose OF Peg and keep
her from sharing the Lund millions.
When the car sped down the tracks
and came into collision with the on.
rushing locomotive, Chockro and his
gang were the first TO investigate the
result OF the impact One of the thugs
was sure he had seen Peg and young
Lund jump from the roof of the car,
and this point was a subject OF much
discussion when the thugs arrived ar
the wreck Chockro made a hurried
search of the scene, and then led his
men to investigate in another direc-
tion.
Young Lund and Peg. safe from