The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

nouncement of her ring performance
was just being made. The band had
played the introduction and momen-
tarily stopped that the voice of the
announcer might be heard through the
interior Of the great tent.
THE feature of our performance
the worlds greatest equestriene-Peg
o. the Ring"-were the familiar words
that came to Pegs ears. And then her
besetting affection started to over
come her. AS she ran staggering from
side to side she bumped into several
of the other performers, knocking
them roughly aside.
pegs playful this afternoon" said
one of the clowns she had toppled
over in her rush.
Pegs rough" said another per-
former who failed to appreciate the
way she had jolted him about.
The big white horse was standing
ready In the ring as Peg ran forward.
Every instant her senses were becom-
ing more confused, but in her mental
| fight to retain consciousness the girl,
more through force Of habit than from
sensible impulse, continued on to the
ring.
In the hurry and excitement of the
moment the ring master failed to no.
tice anything wrong with the girl, and
1t was not until she was helped onto
her favorite horse that her affliction
completely controlled her.
For an instant she sat on the back
of the horse screaming at the top of
her voice. The spectators presumed
it was part of her act, but the people
with the show were dumbfounded. The
horse frightened, by the sudden out.
burst, jumped and reared, throwing
the girl to the ground.
There for an instant she writhed
and screamed, not fully controlled BIZ
her strange inheritance. The perform
ers had many of them. never seen no,
under it's influence, although it was
a matter of common knowledge anon,
them that the girl had inherited from
her mother the wild instinct of III.
tigers that had caused the death q
La Belle lie Sieur, just after Peg came
into the world.
This was the first time she had bee,
attacked in public. The spectacle WINS
therefore, as unusual to the perform
ers as 1t was utterly undreamed of h,
| the now thoroughly excited SPECTATOR
who filled the circus seats. tier mo,
tier.
Pegs screams had an electrifvin
effect upon the crowd. When CHI
jumped to her feet and viciouslv 81
tackled the groom who was trying !
quiet her horse, the audience rose +
it's feet and pandemonlum broke loose
The wildly excited girl rushed from
man to man, striking and scratchin
with her hands, and kicking out wifi
, her feet. Low growls that nerfactl
: initiated the snarls of tiger. mad
her irresistible progress the more 70,
rifying.
: Flip had been attracted by the =,
. mutt, and was fighting his wa
: through the excited mob. in m enc,
| to reach the frantic girl. Performay
tried to surround and overpower no
} But her youthful strength mognieo
!. by the influence that controlled no
, enabled her to Illustrate all attamn,
: TO lay hands upon her.
The scene of terror, as tho no,,
: stricken crowd fed for safety was h
t yond description. Peg ran here on
i there around the arena, dashing IN
; the crowds or climbing the seots
e assault some person who had mo
/ countably invited her maddened q
: tack.
It The band tried to quell the dlstnr
r ance with discordant blare OF SOM
Performers ran here and there ano",
= the crowd, urging the people towo,
Is the exits. Working men woro ~,
% riediy ordered to lower the side Wal
4 and thus clear way for scoros