The St. Charles herald., 1922-06-17
Patty of the
Swings
By WILL T. AMES

- 1saa. by Mcclure Newspaper syaaassta
n lei Macallister didn't Join out with
- An America Shows till the circus
"a been on the road for three weeks
knnd Harry Thomas. the head ticket
fsuneon man, Was on the point OF Jack.
80 his job. Then the ''old man" came |
- Jefrs terms and wired for him 10 |
z 'zes1,eve the amiable but impossible Her
'korf Is soon as the limited would bring
Aim. Big show ticket sellers are born.
- was as good Is the best. Thomas
"a he made the finest team In the
hneiness- 1t was big money that the
"a man had 10 pay to gee JefY. MY
Il ~ year at it, JET told Thomas when
80 latter had ioyfully greeted him.
.Tnis seasons pay will ok me for the
seach orchard"
z Herbert was working out his last
sAow. a slim matinee So JET. shak-
- hands with old acquaintanees By
80 way, drif,ed over to the big top.
Hs was swapping tovial insults with
II NeCarron, the shows detective, near
q ~ performers entrance, when two
ar,A wearing robes Of fame and
rhite. passed close On their way to
n 1 ring. who's thatr' demanded
Z IN. with his eyes On the second Of
- pair.
Lay OF. boz laughed McCarron.
They're the Mentruse Sisters-do a
- Of a double on the swings. But
@ - black onel bite your eye out II
81 rhe sees you looking at the yaller
halred one. They're sisters. all right.
"a the brunetre's boss"
~Humph.- was all the rejoindef
1laeaIliSrer made. for his eyes were
q the girls IS they flung their gay
80 70 an attendant and ran into the
~. Veteran Of the circus as he was
III 10 his amazemenr found himself
euricusIy concerned about that slen
-. infinitely graceful figure with the
n1den hair that was being lifted hy
1he running rope to that perilou:
pecA far up under the canvas. HI
nanr stop TO think that he had seeI
rDores of women risk their lives og
~ trapeze. on hundreds of occasions
vlrhout a tremor: be only knew tina
he wished this girl. Ii she must need
= ! circus performer AZ all. were b
b same less perilous line than that
Ii proved to be. indeed. q splendi
- rs McCarrun had said. with three
funrfhs Of the risk devofvfng on th
HIT haired sister But Jen MAJ
sufsser only enjoyed its very end
IN. with the running rope spirale
sAour ene Iavender-ciAd leg. the gil
"a slowly. with extended arms, oac
81 8 spIid earth again Then he Ore
III 4 lang breath. like any OK the hics
= the audience
II was stout Mrs. Boyle. an Oh
g. lcyal friend OF JeFs. who.
xzvtue az her ONCE ~ dresser and
1,saru love Of matchmaking. infr
1neeii MacaIlister 10 the younger
- Monrrose Sfsferzar his earne
sslfeitation-
And when Patty Montrose-
Hrw. NJ home n she promptly co
1aed to hfm-met Je6s earnest ofoV
80 With her own almost violet 81
90 her heart bezf faster than if o
eser done when she looked up the I
18th Of q 5Okoot center pole q
Welcoming tIzpexe-
within = week-th0uzh nowhere
90 . more time SLING business tn
x..f ef y circus On the road
lGncaIlfsrer bad EAde 30 many opp
sunfrfes for coufdential talks "
Psrfy Kaw despite the expert oppo
- of the handsome. donfnan
INsds. that Patty knew an aDouI
4 nnrA orchard dawn IN Delaware
vuuId have been binder than any
- xfrf eyer was had she not reaiia
unm n was that JET hoped to ms
utssress Of his home 50 Wnen :
= the Sunday Izy-o6- ctreumsen
fefda and took Pxrry for crVe
l hIrpt car. she was prepared fof
G1posaL
~ wasn't q hard-beiled 81
nrv- declared JeR, -znd didnT ~
thaf the second season was tne -
n have you on those s0nss aaa
- zzme tomorrow even Il mao
erirk : master On the orchard
lever azafn- sweetheart afte1 :
fAIr-no more OF the road OF tne
perches. for my wife
He took ik - for granted 1'a1
ely signed kxcDt1J.
II was in ras sieeDer :
ling that nIgnr that Patty. noe : !
- misrivings. confded the 9
nrxx 90 Laida- Laida- bending
- bgsck train trunk. YVES pofIe1s
n sffenr. seeking self-cnnfroL =
- faced Pxrry pity was W.l...'
- earrrrrauee- -Tou psof kid
exrtafmed- IT I had Only - -,
~ Yeuu have 70 gEf over fhfA 81
N erpr H. Thar Jed Aacainse1
-an rrous7 L4ida- what 90
ue.nz what do ysu kno" aDou.
Ton safd you didn't know nin al
1T was s1daJ. dsarie, AlA - 7
IN remember how she taiKea :
- We rme with the show-hoH
80 frrrus folks. performers, =
800 - anybody and 5efte1
- hrr = efrf emit nave sHy'