New Britain herald., 1928-04-02
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never to carnival before.
 Before the tent which housed thc big glass talk into which bathing beauties diled and in which they ate bananas and drank soda-pop under water, she cncoun- tered Winfield Bybcc. enormous, majestic, benign for it was good crowd and a 1inc day, and money 1 was pouring into hls pockets. 'Wcll. well. he srinned down at her T hear from Gus that .ou rv 1 knocking 'cn cold. Better run ! along ill nov. and you might sul l how many of the rubcs you can make follow you into the Palace of 1 Wonders, We don't want ,o give rtm2mber. grille, Tor every quarter , Princess Lalla, earns Us q fortune teller, little Sally Ford gets q nickel i for herself. Don't take many nickels 10 make q dollar"
 "Oh, Mr. Bybeo, I'm So happy I'm about to burst Sally confide1 | in him i'll a rush of gratltud, i "Eut-Io you think it',, very wron; for me to pretend 10 be q crystal gazor Wl4 Il really l can't sec ;I i thing Tn It 10 save my lifc?" 1 Byhec beloved with laughter, SO that the crowd Neered suddenly toward them. He stopped to whis- stained car; Don't syou worry. sister. AS old r. T. Barnum used to say. There's . sucker born every ,ninute.' and old Winfield Byhee knows that they like 10 lc fooled. You just kid 'cm along and send '"m away happy and ] reckon the good Lord ain going to waste any black ink on your record to- night. It's worth q quarter to be told ;i lot of nice things about your self, ain't il "'
 As she ripped swiftly across tn" dusty lot toward th" Palace of Wonders. the crowd following her STOW larg"r and largcr. Becoming boller bocaus" she t"lt that she vas really Princess L.alla' and not timid little Sally Ford, she d,lib- crately .flirtcI with the men who pressed clos" upon her. even waved q little brown hand inNItingly toward the big tent.
 When she reached inc toni door, the barker leaned down from his booth. behind which was sci q small platform. aud heCkoneI her 10 moun, in" narrow steps. Smilinely she did so and hc barker ntro- duceI her,
 Here she is. boys --- the Princess I.alla of Cons -stdn-ti mo- pic, the pret- tiest girl that ever escaped from the Sulian'- harem, Prime ss Lalla. favorit" crystal gazer 10 the Sultan of Turkey before she escaped from his har"nl. will tell your fortunes. la-dees and grn-tlc-m,u, Princess I.aila s"os all knows all, Just one of the scores of attractions in ih" Palace of Wonders Admission .5 c"ntS on" quarter of a dollar, two bits."
 Sally bowed. her little brown hands spreading in an enchanting gesture: tjI"n Sh' skipped down inc steps. the great ropes of black hair. ! wound with Stranns of imitation pearls, flapping against tho vivid ar,cn satin tunir.
 >h" was very tired when h" sup PCT hour Canr. but tn" thought that sh' would soon Sv" David again lent wings 70 her ~andaIcI feet. Sh" was about 10 hurry out of the Pal . acc of Wonders. released at last by the apparently interchangeable spiel er. Gus when tiny, treble voice called 1n her:
 : Princess lalla. Princess lal- la Would you mind carrying mo | to the cars"'
 Sally. startled. looked ev"ryN herr about tha tent that was almost 'mp- n tied ot spectators before it daWn"d If on her that the tiny voice had = come from "Pitty Slug,' ''th" small est woman in the world sitting = in a child's little rcd rocking chair on [ h" platform.
 ] All of Sallys passionate love for