New Britain herald., 1928-04-02
THIS HAS HAPPENED

phanaSe, IS fdrnlc0 out lHe sulu- mer she is l6 to Cleln Carson, farm CT. There she meets David Nash, student and athlete. who is work ing on the Carson farm for the summer Carson makes insinuations about David's friendship for Sally and David strikes him. Not knowing whether Carson is dead or not Sally and David decide 70 run away, All that night they tramp through fields and unused roads toward th' little town of Stanton. Al 1avhr,ak they cross the railroad track and see carnival train. Sally instantly spies Eddie Cobb. q former orphdnase boy who ran away 10 loln the car uival Tn, owner of tho carnival makes g place foi them.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER NIN
 Right this way, la-dees and gen. tle-mer. Step right up and See Bofio, the ostrich man, cat glass nails, toothpicks. lead pipe. or what have you. He chews 'em up and swallows lem like a kid eats candy. Boffo dig 4sts anything and every thing. from horseshoes to Jack knives: Any gentlemen present got q iack-knife for Boffo's dinner? 'ome on. folks, Don't he hashful. Don't let Roffo go hungry"
 The spieler's voice went on and en, challenging, commanding, oH- hortins. bullying the gaping crowd of countr! people who surs"d after hlm like sheep. Admission 10 The Palace of Wonders" a tent which housed a score Of freaks and takers, was D cents. IT still seemed won- .ierful to Sally that she was there Nithou, having paid admission. hat shc--she. Sally Ford, runaway ward of the state.-was one of the many attractions which the farm CTS and villagers had paid their lard. earned money to see,
 Dimlv through the crowd came the voice of the barker and ticket seller ID his tall, red, scared box outside the tent: All right. all right. Here you arc. Only a quar- ter-o5 cents-tWo bitS-to see the big show. Performance just start d. Step right up. All right, boys, his way. Don't let your girls call you a piker. Two bits pays for if III. See the half h. -halfwoman. See the girl nobody can lift. Try and lift her. boys. Little and pretty as 8 picture. but heavy as lead. All right. step right in, Don't crowd. Room for everybody See Princess T.alla. the Harem Crys- tai Gazer. Sees all. knows all. See Pitty Sing. the smallest woman in the world"
 Incredihle. On Saturday. just two days ago. she had been pceline apples to make pies for the Carson family. Today she was a member Of a carnival troupe. under the protection of Winfield Bybee, owner Of all these weird creatures abou whom the spieler was chanting. l was too unreal to be true.
 There had been 12 solid hour: Of sleep. Then had come a mar velouslv satisfying supper in thf dining car, or privilege car. witt Bybee himself introducing her tt those astonishing people whom th' spieler was now exhibiting to 0!' curious country people. The giant a Hollander named Jan something brother. had bent from vast height.
 Any +, tn 10 |. midget. Hawaiian billed merel, as Noko. had gravely asked her n . tiny. piping voice, if she would sew a button on his miniature coa for him: the bearded lady was man. after all. a man with a nat tlrally falsatto voice and tiny hand and feet. Boffo. the human ostrich had disa ppoin,ed her by being sat isficd with very ordinary diet 0 corned beef and cabbage. The ia girl. who had confided 10 Sally tha she only weighed 3so pounds though she vas billed SIS "tippini the scales at 6oo, had ratientl. drunk glass after glass of milk until a gallon had been consume' all in the interest of keeping he weight up and adding to i'.
 Then Bybee had taken her t' his wife. a thin, hatchct-fac"' shrcw of T woman who seemed t suspect everything in pettjcoats 0 having designs on her husband and who, in turn, seemed to fec equally sure that every man mus eayy him the posse sSlon Of such wonderful woman as his wife. Hi difference toward her touched Sall even as t amused her.
 Mrs. Byhee was too good q busl ness woman, howeyer to let 1eal ousy interfere n'if her tudsmen where the show was concerned She had demurrcd 2 li'tl", the had abruptly agreed 70 Bybee' nlans for Sall, Hours of sharp 'onguel InstruHtio1 from Mrs. By bee had resulted in Sally's h"in on .he platform no''. nur,ousl awaiting her turn,
 The crowd surreG nssrel to Sal lvs platform The spI'lrr Wa7 m cro'ucirE 'h. giant nov and ja vas rising slowly from 'nor mou. chair, ',0.oldin. his rncred ible length, standing erect a' las 70 thai his head tou"hrj and slight Iv raisod fh- slorln= CanVaz roc C' the tent.
 She wondered a- -hr g8zod pity ingly and ! ll''l, isartVilv at Ja' how it felt 10 bc tlre" fe"t 'alle
 than p'-en th4 t1ilrs' of or Thar men. and as she onder"] 1l gazta lpn af1 into Jsu's fac 3u caught som thing of 3n ans"sr ' her question F'or Iar's gr'at. ho low eyes sot m q -taIHon "t ] f4c' were 'ho aadl st ah' had r,"r sect hut patiently sad. as t' tho llttl. boy soul that h'd Sou""Aore that terribly abnormal body Of h had resigned itself fn r'orndl A0i