New Britain herald., 1928-04-14
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 is Harmed out" to Clem Carson ths summer she is l6 and meets l'aNle
 Nash. athlete and student Nho i: working on the Carson farm durlns the summer, DaNlI becomes rnrase1 when Carson makes insulting r"- marks about the students lnno- cent friendship with sally and strikes the farmer d terrific blow
 Sally and David run away aud ioln a carnival. David as cook { helper and Sally in a sllesho" disguised as Princess Lalla, crystal sazer.
 Eita. Hula dancer. Hho hnoHs 'It police are after Sally and David. tells sally she vii! expose her if sh, 4oosnt keep hands off David. Nlta admits shamelessly sh@ IS mfatuat- ad with the boy.
 In Capital City, sally soon tores>a her fears under h'r aurcesstul gulse of the crystal gazcr. She is confused one afternoon by handsome, we'll dressed Fastener who tcasingly in slsts on reading her fortune m th. crystal. He stays III the background of he crowd with his eyes constant fy on her. However. Sally sorgets him when she 5oes all of her little trends. tllc inmates of the orphan age troop into her tent Sally won ders nho is playing good angel to the orphans " hfu she spies woman uIth them handsomely dressed, but with a look of aadness ln her eyes sally IS jcrhs1 suddenly rom her contemplation ct the lovely woman by the words ot one of the children; That's not Princess L.alla, It's Sally Ford, plaS-acting.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER AANlI
 For a terrible moment. long enough for Gus the barker. to jump from Jams platform and come to- ward her on the run. Sally sat frozen with terror. She felt that Betsey's keen eyes had stripped her of her brown makeup, of her fantastic clothes. of the protecting black lace ell. SO that anyone who looked at her could see that she was indeed just Sally Ford. play-acting.
 She wanted to rise from her gild- cd chair and run for her lifc--and David d's-but she had lost all control 0. her muscles. Betsey was still cling ing to her, her habyisi hands shak- ing the slender shoulders under the green satin jacket. when Gus bound ed upon the platform and took the almost hysterlcal child into his arms.
 Hello. Tiddlywinks. he sang out jovially. Having Q good time. a the carnival? Listen, kiddie I'm going to give you real treat. Yossir. You know what you're going to do? Just guess.'
 Sally felt the blood begin to thaw in her frozen veins. Gus was stand- ing by. Dear Gus. But Gus was too wise to give the child in his arms chance to reply. He hurried on, his voice loud and cajolins:
 I'm going to let you stand right up on the platform with the little lady midget--her names 'Pit,y Sing a md show all the other kids now much bigger you are than a groNn-up lady, Yessir, she's . groNn-up lady and she's not nearly as big as you. Now what do you llink Of that"'
 Detsey was torn bctN cen her love or Sally, whom she was convinced yllo had found, and ier pride in be r2 chosen to stand beside the ulidc- |. She looked 1oubttully from sally. W hose eyes beneath the black l5.ec veil were lowered to her tight y locked hands, lo tho platform op- 7 posite, where "Pitty Sing the nlljc- "l WAS stretching out q tiny hand 'nN1tingiy. The midget won, for the moment al least.
 ''I m six going on seven. and I'm I big girl" she conilded to the 'arkcr on whose shoulder sh, was riding in dellghtful conspicuous ncss
 Th@ cluldr"n. true 10 the herd i instinct which had been SO -i-hly , developed i'll the orpiG4uacc. lroopcd : '.1tcr Gus and Betsy. r>en more : 'sl'y diverted than @he from their -''- t'J ar-criou ot 'l'riuc,>~ . alja."
 -!e f7.4rj Th"nna tHsHcr au- .thtr child d. 1SNcly "AW. Bot . eff b.r su'. sur. that aint sally! That's q Turkish princes ."ul 'os--tau-t1-Ho-pIr Tto man sid SC. Sides sally's Nbie. and he princess is brown
 All right. children, rclt rh1s AaA.' Gu3 Was bajlyhooine .uu.lly. 'Parnlt me to introduce Iitty STE. the smallest and prrtt,4t fttlr woman n th1 world. Just 49 t}ches tall 2a saars old and 49 oounds heavy. bid ] say heavy. Excuse me, Pity Sing, l mean 2h pounds light, Look at her little ladies and gents. Aint sho cutc Her parents nero just a. big as your papas and namas--
 He remembered just too l4fo that he "a.s talking to orphans, and hls lolly face went dark rcd. r'ut hc recovered quickly. glanced about his audience. saN that Miss Pond was straying ucryously toward Sallys' platform Is if halfway con ,inced that Betseys childish in'uI- ton had been correct.
 "Of. Miss Pond" he sang out gra'iatincly. ' wonder if you l do me the ia or 10 step up on .b, platform. l believe Eetscv is sraroJ Yessir. ! believe shes scared half out cf her skin" He laughed stopped 10 chuck Be'scy under the chin then, with q Courtly sesturr- offered Miss Pond his hand.
 Sally looked on, her throa' tight Tl'f fear and with tears Of yra-i- 'ude toward Gus s the barker. alfh g rapid fire of talk and lok'ns -ep' his audi"nce cpW plptolN hypno- | 'ized. He Jollied shy lrtl- Befsey nto taking tho midget luto her