The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-10-28
Novelized from the Motion Picture
Play of the Same Name by the
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

.,rr..r.-..g curious. who had come
down 10 the railroad TO see the CIR
c-. uuu ill.," realize that there was 10
pc So much OF moment IA Oh" quiet %
the it'll, southern city in this last eA-
r.lr.ru of tn, circus for that year.
S-r less could tragedy be- scented
in ihr rare-trrc dcmyauuT of the CIR
ru. people as they piled out Of their
s.r.r.rs and hurried along toward III"
show lot. where breakfast awaited
them in the cook house as the an
ing tent with these travelling outfits IS
called
There had by this time pulled INT"
the Yards the second section OF IN"
gavly-caparisoncd train, and the scene
was one of great activity E"i"r"
the curious on!Ookcrs realized what
was happening. the circus folk. VINO
had tumblcd off their slrcpcrs, had
grown into "a goodly procession OF va
rtpusIv-Grcsscd "yidcutly-hungry an"
very healthy mortals.
Great lengths Of switching TRACKS
had been cleared To make room for the
TEMPORARY storage of the show ears.
Working men and 'raZorhacks 'aS
the circus people call their manual i"
b0rcrsl were becoming active as ants
pulling and hauling at the cages, low
rrirg them down the runs, where
teams OF beautiful draft horses were
in waiting to haul them to IN" Iot'
in anticipation of the daily 'sprctacu-
lar parade and procession Of dazzling
sploudOTs.'
As the show folks flocked along -
ward their waiting and welcome
breakfast. an observant person coui"
find scattering evidence OF the se"li-
mental side of the rugged life the cir
Gus nomads must lead. I.ere and
there in the mo.ip~ rnrOng could be
singled out Interesting pairs who
moved more 1oisurely than did most OF
their companions.
Yank Hawkins made free with his
position as an irresponsible atom
among the rest by shouting a taunt to
some of the laggards whom he passed
in his rush for the cook house"
Come on. Corkey: take hold of her
hand and run with her. She needs
her cakes more than she does your
soft talk" bawled Yank to one of the
acrobats. And you, Flip; that's good
advice for you. too
But Ftp paid no heed. Too deeply
was he immersed in his own thoughts
of the fast approaching hour when he
must part from La Belle. the famous
animal queen. who walked silently by
| his side
All season these twO-F1ip. the IA
nous clown. and La Belle La Sieur-
| had sought each others company early
every morning when the tram pulled
into town. and they WEI seldom apart
for many moments Of the day unit
time came to seek. their berths wheT
the circus started on its all-night run
Fllp WIS sad with the thoughts tina
cam" in realizing how soon he mus
J Part from the girl whom he had grown
to love so dearly, despite an insur
mountable barrier that stood between
them.
La Belle La Sieur was distressed II
heart and mind with the memories re
called by their arrival in this Quain
old southern city where. two year
previously. she had made the grea
and grave mistake Of conserving L
marriage with a man she did not low
and had since learned to loathe.
1t was right here in this old south
ern town that she had narrowly es
capped death, when the circus she frs
travelled with had closed its season
just as The Worlds Greatest Show
was then closing its season the da
Flip and La Belle became the centra
figures in the present story.
Doctor Lund was called to atten
her. He devoted more than a phys
clans care to the circus girl. and afte
she had recovered he prevailed upO
her to meet him in st. Louis and b
secretly married.
But the previously attentive dOctO
failed to become an equally attentiv
husband, and was content to have he
travel with the circus and make he
own way-while he paid infreGuen
visits to her. and then only when
was most convenient and agrecabl
to himself. The wife played. in hi
life, a role of minor Importance.
The day passed for Flip. La Bell
| Of ha ci f,1l 4,,c q
every day had been spent since Til
Worlds Greatest Show" began il
tour There was a brief lull in Pre-
ceedings. following breakfast. whe
the performers had leisure TO arrang
their trunks. look over their wGrGrob
and make leisurely preparations 20 &
in the parade.
Dinner over. the rush of the after
noon show was on. And then cam
the pleasantest hour Of all the circu
day for everybody with the show
the quiet and Care-free interim b.
tween the afternoon and evening pei
formances.
Ladies and gentlemen, your after
ton, for one moment. please. ran
out the stentorian voice of the al
nouncer." we now present as III
GROWING feature of our periormanC,
Nile. La Belle La Sieur, with her de
Of ferocious tigers, Dimples. Babe an
Beauty. MI. La Sieur will now Ell
terrain you with the most thrilling an
death-defying exhibition Of cOntrC