New Britain herald., 1928-04-13

. thing is forgotten. however. when she looks up and s"cs her little friends from th, orpuanage trooping in to SC" tho sights"
 NOW Go ON WITH THE STOE>
 CHAPTER NNNI
 Sally first impulse, when she saw the children of the orphanage come tumbline into the Palace Of Wonders tent. was to flee. She was 90 con- scious Of being Sally Ford, whose rishtful place was with those staring shy little girls in white lawn sun day dresses, that she completely forgot for one moment of pure ter TOT that to them she would merely be ''Pripcess Galla,' tavorite crystal sazer to the sultan of Turkey before she escaped from his harem."
 Covering low in her high back q eiided chair. in an effort to make herself as small and inconspiouous as possible--a useless effort really since sine was by far the prettiest and most romantic figure in the LCIItt ii tSS'I .iS Stl' W dS Ill VI itlllI IT trappings--she watched the chil- dren, whom she knew 90 well, with pang of homesickness.
 Not that she would want to be back with them. But they were her people. the only chnms she had how they felt. liberated for one blessed afternoon from the bleak corridors Of the orphanago. cata- quilted by someone's generosity into fairyland. For to them the carnival was fairyland. These romance-and- bcauty-siarved orphans saw only glanor and wonder, believed with all their hearts every eXtrava gant word that Gus, the barker, uttered in his stentorian baHl.
 Suddenly love and compassion filled her heart to overflowing. She wanted to run down the steps that led to her little platform and gather Clara and Thelma and Bet sey 10 her breast. She felt so much older and wiser than she had been two weeks ago. when she had play actcdN for them as they scrubbed the floor Of the dorInitory. How awcd and admiling they would be If. when their thin little bodies were pressed tight in her arms. she should whisper. It's Sally play-actlng. It's me. kids" But Of course she couldn't do il; she would be betraylng not only herself but David. and she would rather die than that David should be caught and punished for defending her against Clem Carson.
 As the childrc.n mllled eyrltedlv in the tent. huddllnc together III groups like sheep, holding each others handss glcclinr and Whis. roanl"1 from one ''treak" to an other Sally searched their faces tun-rily jcstopslv.
 Thollna he1 cut q deep eash in her cheek: t ~opd leave scar. siN-rear- Eetsev had q summer cold and no handkerchief; her cheeks were pAintnd roupy-red with fever. or perhaps Ii was only eN- lltomont,
 There "Hs 2 new little girl whom sally ha n"Nor seen before. such holnely liitlc runt of a girl with enormous, hunted eyes and big freck'es oH her putty-colornd rilefk k, H'r spuft-coiorcd hair had been clipped ciosy to her scalp. SO that frr poor little round head looked llke tho ia~ of q man who has mol shaved for three days.
 C'ars ond Th"Ima were mother ing, Importantly. each holding one of h"r li''lo c'an-hands. and shrill- ing explanations and information at her
 Bu' oh"re Has Mrs. Ston,-"oIj Stone-tac c"- horsolf1 Sally kner- very well that the children had not eomf alono. While Gus uas dis ccurslne grar1iloqrsr ntlv upon fhc talents ot Bofto, the human ostrich. Sa''H sat very prim and apparently composed. her natchluI eyes yelled by tho scrap of black lace that reached 'o the lip ot her adorable
  little nos. t'nIoul1r ad1v the milan 'hroplst was 3 man--it vas nearly always politician courting favor "ho won it chaapl% and impressive " by "traating" the orphans 10 day a' 'he circus or carnival or 1o 4 move But if fln were present. as the philan'ropic politician inyiariblv was, Sally could not find him That WAS odd. foo. for he was usually tho most prominent person at such an atialr. taking great pains that no r,- porf"rs Nho might happen fn h. present should overlook him and his great kindness of heart
 Then little old-maidish Miss Fond. sentimental fittlr Miss Fond, who had befri"ni"J S1lIy hy telling her all she kn"w e th.- chiId'- paron'- age. came hurrIu= uurFou-lE into tle tent. Sao had undoubtedly been ,,etaineJ T. tto 'bkef tooth and was sHo ipdgnc from her anNious, noTH-