New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 from the time she was four, 10 Dc "farmed out to Glenn Carson. There she meets friend David Nash. col lege boy and athlete Who Is working on the farm during the summer. Carson becomes angry because David prefers Sally Q his had-tcmpcreI daughter. Pearl When carson makes evil remarks about David < and si.lIys friendship, David hits him terrific blow.
 David and Sally run away and join a carnival, David as Cook $ help'r and sally as Princess lalla. CrNs- tal gaLar. The midget. "PltlN Sing. lakes a fancy 10 Sally and warns her 70 beware of Nita, the Hula dancer, who is infatuated with David.
 Sally tells Mrs. Bybce, wife Of the carnival owner. about her life Tn In" Hcme and that her mother once iNed in Stanton. the town W her" the carnival IS showing. Mrs. Byhcc goes out to see if she can learn any hing about the mother and calls Sally ,o her Pullman to tell her she has learned the woman Was not her mother al all but q maid who was brbcd to take the baby from the real mother in New York and As- appear. Sally sees Mrs. ByDee place bag of mon y in a little safe be- meath the cushioned tent. When she warns Sally to keep her mouth closed abou, it. sally promises. As she leaves the Pullman, she Is star led to see Nl'a s grass skirt vanish ing into the ~oman's dressing room. She wonders If Nita has overheard about her mother,
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER NNI
 It was a sad, listless little "Prln- cess Lalla" who cuppcd tiny brown hands about crystal ball and pre- tended to read. past. present and future in its mysterious depths as the afternoon crowd of the carni- ral's last day in Stanton mlled about the attractions in the Palace of Wonders. There was the crack of an unsuspectcd whip in the voice of Gus, the barker as he bent over her after his oft-rcpoated spiel:
 Snap into it, kid. These rubes is lousy with coin and we've got 10 get our share. You're crabbin' the act somethin' fierce s after noon. Step on it."
 Sally made a valiant effort to obey, but her crystal gazing that afternoon was not riotous sue cess. She made one or two bad blunders, the worst of which caused a near panic.
 For she was so absorbed in her own disappointment and in con- templating the effect of her news upon David. when she should tell him that she was an illegitimate child Of . woman who had aban- doned her, that her eyes and intui- ton were not so keen as they had Lecn
 Although there had been a sharp faced shrcw of a wife clinging to his arm before he vaulted upon the platform for reading" she mechanically told a meek little niddlo-aged man that he was in love with a ''zo beau-ti-ful girl wiz golden hair and that he would marry wiz her.
 After :he poor husband had been snatched from the platform by his furiously jealous wife and given most undignified paddling with her hastily removed slOe-an added attraction which proved vastly entertaining 10 the carnival crowd but which caused good many quarters to find their nasty way back into handbags and trouscr pockets-Sally felt her failure so keenly that she leaned backward in an effort to be cautious.
 For Gods sake, kid, snap out of it before the next show Gus pleaded, mopping his dripping brow with a huge purple bordered white silk handkerchief I'm part owner of this tent. you know, and you're hittin' me where I live. ome on. ats q good girl. Forget it-whateyer's eatin' on you. This ain't a half-bad world-not a-tall. What if that sheik Of yours is trail in Nita around" Reckon he's just after her erouch bag
 'Her-grouch bag Sally seized upon the unfamiliar phrase in or Ter 10 put off as long as possible trill realization of the heart stop ping news he Nas giving her so casually.
 That's right You're still a rube. aint you. A erouch bag Is 9 show business way of sayin q performers got q wad salteI down to blow with or buy q chicken farm or, # ifs a hard t1c-cycs with. Nita's got q loll big enough 70 choke q boa conStrictor. l seen lucr countin' Ii one night when she thought sh" "as safe. She Was. loo. l Nouldnt warm mp 10 that Jane if she vas the last broad in the world. Now. listen, kid. you have 8 good hard cry iii inc dress tent before the next sho" and youll feel like new woman. That $ fne all over. Never tell Il wren 10 turn off the faucet: Nothin' l,k" good cry. ] aint been married four times for hothin
 Sally waited 10 hear no uor'. She rueh"I out of the Palace of Wonders. 4 frantic. fantastic little figure in purple satin trousers and gold braided green jacket, her red sandaled feet ~purnlne the grass stubbleI iurt that divided th" show tent from the dress tent. And be- eausc sl" WAS almost blinded with the tears which Gus. the barker. had 5asely recommended. she col lided with anothgr figur, Iii the alley"
 Look where yon'r, going. you little charity brat, NuiI-- And