Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-01-28
Just jim,
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BY FLORA N. DUNN
"a 1921. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate }

Show on Earth" His intent gaze was
glued to the vast cloud of canvas that
shut him out of the enchanted ground,
the glory of glories. Like Peri before
the gate of Heaven, his whole souls
desire spoke from his earnest brown
ieyes.
"Want to 50 in, son?''
The question, which needed no lie.
ply, came from a big, kindly, jolly
faced man whose hand was grippingly
held by little tive-year-old chap who
was making his first visit to circus.
"All right" he nodded to the lad,
whose speaking eyes made other re-
ply unnecessary. "Come along with
U.s." The magic words were the SEES.
anne that opened the path to untold
wonders, beside which the Arabian
Nights are tame as Mother Goose
rhymes.
Then began the journey through
ZOOland. the little kid, and the mid
ding sized kid hugging close to the
big kid who had, with the flip of a
greenback, become giant fairy to two
| adOrlng happy boys.
! Such fierce looking animals with
long, queer names, that no little boy
could be expected to know printed on
their gorgeous cages. Such funny,
homely, wise looking monkeys that
peered through the bars of their liber-
ty lost Gagged homes with bored or
saucy manner. Such huge hungry
| elephants that never seemed to get
enough peanuts, although an-army of
little boys and girls kept them con-
| stantly supplied. Then such corking
| ice cream cOnes candy and drinks out
| of long necked bottles straw imbibed,
ambrosial sweets to enchanted kids in
an enchanted heaven Of pleasure.
"Now," said the big fairy, when the
two kinds had eaten all they could
possibly hold. ''we'il get our seats and
be ready for the circus folks" Three
chairs in the second row-so little five
yearold could see all the f,n-were
bought from ''de guy what stood in q
teeny pulpit all to himself" said tie
stray lad, and -he big kid. with the
two little kids. sat down to wait for
the band.
"Who's boy are you?" asked the
giant fairy, whose real name was Dr.
Curtis
"Nobody'S, sir"
"What is your name?' The Doctors
voice was very kind. t.
"Just Jim
Then the band began to play and
there was no chance for further Ques-
tioning
The big kid found it's nearness rath-
er overpowering. but he looked at the
happy little kids and he didn't care if
the noise did make him temporarily
deaf. Its immensely seemed none too
great for his guests of honor.
Finally, the music ended in loud |
explosion Of crescendos, and the band |!
scattered to give place to the wonder !
full ring shows.
But first came the grand parade Of !
I'LL the circus folk in gorgeous array,
that kept the two little kids dancing
on their toes in sheer delight.
This was followed by the most
performances that ever spell
bound the eyes of kid. Such breath
less, heart thrilling acts that made
life, for the little kid and the middling-
sized kid, so fill of JOY it was akin
to pain.
When the program was about half
over. DR.. Curtis was notified by an
attendant that he was wanted on the
phone
"Jiln while I'm gone, I want you
to take care Of little Carl. I'm sure
[ can trust a big boy like you"
eyes, sir, you kim" very earnestly.
But when the thrilling pony race
with their monkey drivers took the
sawdust tracks, little Carl became
serious responsibility. Both boys
we're keyed to the highest pitch Of
and the five-year-old, in
, wave of hypnotic ecstasy, bolted into
the track before the Mortified Jim
Gould hinder. Instantly he sprang
after the flying little body, while at
endants rushed forward from far
away distances, men shouted, women
and the ponies raced on. But
N0body's Jim grasped his small
charge and hurled him away from the
feet that struck the rescuer
instead.
When DR.. Curtis returned, he found
his little son crying in the arms of a
woman, and the unconscious
Jim gently supported by an attendant.
'He saved the kids life all right"
declared the circus man.
"And his life. too, shall be saved"
The doctors jolly looking face was
sternly determined.
When Jim woke up with a band
aged head in, the hospital, his dazed
brain was vet full of circus glory and
present surroundings were slowly cog
nizable.
you'll soon be all right again."
smiled DR.. Curtis.
''rhe KID. Was he hurt?"
"NOt a scratch. I've a long score
10 pay, old chap The big fairy's
voice sounded so queer. "Just like he
was crying','' thought Jim, "only big
folks don't cry"
And this is how it ended. When
from the hospital, Nobody's
boy became Somebody's son, with the
perfectly correcr name Of James Win
fhrop Curtis. and own buddie to little
Car! ,....~ @.-.-.
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