Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
Olga's Bootlegger
BY WILL T. AMES

KS 1870. by Aicc!urc Newspaper synd.ca,.D
There was bo"zing in the An-Ameri-
"a circuSS organization. For thirty
years the Ola Man had run wha, he
called hiur ribbon shows. Drink ing
on :ho road he could not abide and
woN!I NOT Tolerate
'No man stays with This outfit" he
WAS prone {" say. "whO cant do all
h.S getting drunk in his own town and
III five months OF IT." year."
he was rcdhcadcd Ola Man. and
hot and quicl; and drastic where
iiruor was cun"rrncd. He would set
star performer or cage sweeper adriCt
1000 miles from home with equal
promp'ness on The first noticeable sign
Of drink
Nhturatiy, the All-Amcrica had n
reputation in the circus world and
for years it Ind carried scarcely more
H"oZ" lighters than preachers on its
jourrcyinGS. But now Of MI times.
with the eighteenth amendment In
force and liquor when ohtainabe nj
all only rnrchasable ut prices presum-
ably far beyond the pockctbOok Of a
circus hand, It was pa1pnbly obvious
Tint little stream Of It was trickling
am"nC the AllAmrrica'S personnel.
AT AlienburE, on Tuesday. little
nike Clarity, the silently efficient u.s.
'iSfant wagon master. appeared sud-
denly TO Girddin, the tloorkeeper. just
a. the 6rst OF the afternoon crowd
Has beginning to drift IN. and IN.
formed him TINT he didn't like the
Shap" OF Gletldin's nOSr. the coiOr nt
his eyes. the size OF his mouth. or the
way he comhed his hair He had kept
still about 1t for three years, he an
finunCcd s,ridcntly. but now he pro.
posed 10 do whit he could TO change
Ave fn>hi'W Of the bose and mouth at
5C"Sf. and retire The eyes from public
observation hchind humps. He was
proceeding To TAX" OF his coat with X
view I" quitting his plan into instant
effect when The "O,i Man" himself ap.
pCar"! around ;bc fly. II took sec
ou1 irrrCd"cuS look II Mike 10 con
"afc" the GA Ma" ~ the truth Then
l." 'u"'. MIR" ~ thc back OF the neck
ana tie seat Of his trousers ana ran
lii' 'i""n q" thr lot. FOR GOOD Two
l"'r> Eater q razorrack almost III. the
enr or Il io~ti"r behind No q horse
test Ia Y course Of conflict W.i.ch
nciI' r3rtv could aftcrwarh c1pln'n
- 'O"''Uya next day Murray, the
hrrA aiIiint! man had - lot ono OF bis
boss Keepers 90. having found the man
80 ir- 10 gel into n cat cage ~ a
hi.ily h"fu1dlcd state. and there was
sI-n!cinM unsfcaGncss fl the han
n}U" ~ properties by two Of the ring
rou''nhoutS during the evening per
Tnrmanc" Al Fort Harhor on Thurs
dag. half the CUmmissary gang was
YH'rnhly drunk NJ noon time and loud
w"r. The complaints over the wretched
dinner that resulted. The "Old Man"
was furious. He fired DRINKS and half
drun';s right and left and read the
riot act all over TIE lot.
II was on Friday morning that Olga
HarroD. senior Of the FordyCc sisters,
slack wire performers. opened her eyes
10 the murky first dawn Of the railroad
sar, NJ Clarkington and pceped out of
the car window Just In time to see n
familiar siraw.hattcd figure In q nifty
greenish suit, slip stcal'hily Into the
shadow Of shed scarce mn arms
length from Olcn's berth. II vas none
else but Ranny Royd, the candy
butcher: and Olga. whose heart always
did funny little Jumps WHOM she en-
Cnuntcrcd RAINY unexpectedly. was
on the point Of sending still we
"H!s, :" through the screened w'ndo"
al him. when she discorcrrd HAT 10
..~as no; alone. A lanky. wide hat co