New Britain herald., 1928-04-16
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 raer. Carson makes insulting re- marks about Davii's friendship for Sally and tho student strikes him q terrific blow
 Sally and David run away and ]oin a carnival p4Nll as cooks helper and sally in q sideshow dis zuised as Princess Lalia," crystal sazer.
 Nita. Hula dancer. who knows the police are after pavld and Sally and who IS infatuated with David. threatens 10 expose Sally r she doesn't keep hands off the young student.
 The carnival goes next to Capital City. where Sally spent 90 many years in the orphanage. She soon forget. her fears Of detection and relics on her successful disguise Of the crystal cazer. She is confused one afternoon hy handsome. Nell dressed Fastener who teaslnely reads her fortune IT the crystal. She ~forsets him however, when she secs her little friends, the wards Of the orphanage, troop III with q ttauti, ful. sad eyed woman. Sally IS com pletely terrified when one of the or phans recognizes her and shouts her name. Gus, the barker, how ever- comes 10 her rescue and diverts at tention to the freaks. Soon the Chil- dren troop and Sally gives her at tention to the beautiful ~onun who IS addressing the black-eyed East erner. They apparently know each other. for they greet each other as Enid" and Van
 NOW GO ON WITf THE STORY
 CHAPTER NNNI1I
 The storm broke with such sud- den and devastating fury that the performers in tho Palace of Won ders had little time to ohey the white hopes frantic below of warning.
 The terrified audience nlilled like stamped cattle. choking up both exits of the tent. that leading out into the midway, and the flap at the back of the tent through which performers passed in and out between shows, At each exit the fear-crazed carnival visitors were assaulted by dazing impact of wind and hail and rain, driven back into the temporary shelter of the tent.
 Sally was fighting her way to- ward the alley" exit, her frail small body hurling itself futilely against men who had lost all thought of chvalry, knew only that death threatened.
 The region was notorious for its cyclones. and in the horror of such a calamity WAS stamped on every pallid face. Children screamed women shrilled for help, called frantically for their offspring sep arated from them in that mad rush for the exits.
 Sally had almost won to the alley exit when she remembered "Pitty Sing the midget, tiny. helpless Miss Tanner, who was paying her 10 carry her to and from the tent who must even now be covering in her bahy-chalr unable even tc reach the ground without asist- snce.
 IL was not quite SO hard to push her way back into the center ol the tent: crazed men and women offered little resistance to anyons who was so foolish as to tempt death under collapsed tent.
 She had almost reached 'ht rnldget's platform when she sud denly felt herself lifted into a pail ot strong arms. swung high aboV ihe hands of The last of the crowd that was battling it's way 10 the kits. Her cry was lnstinctlve, un- reasoning, direct from her heart: David. Oh. Dayid.'
 A moeklne laugh answered he, and shA squirmed in the mans arms 90 that she could see hls face it Was not David af all. but tn man whom "t,nif'' had called Van" His face was laughing gay. nlo"kins. untouch~d by th' shametul pallor Of fear: exultflt rather, In the excitement of tht storm. Ills dark eyes were ullc hiluns ven through tn. fltfu 'jarh0oss made by the tlickorng o' he craziiy swinging gas Iefs.
 Isn't It glorious 2'' h. cnaI. leng-d h"r. above tho roar o' wind, rair. hail and th' frighreno, animal sounds O. human beings il fear 0, death.
 '1'vs got to ind .h' mldse' Pl'ty Sing eh. shouted. strur -Iin- tralticaliv 70 rsl"sse herself.
 The cbarn1lng barker has rcs '.ued her" Nan shoutsd. T Va! afraid some oftIcIous ass had cheat d me Of the pleasure ot resruln. YOU. I've "aitod all day
 But his sentence N1s orohrn ir tHo by the loas-thrcateuoa r"llap or the tent \ cnnter- pole strucl hIn7 q elancIr= flo" knocking bin flat, and Sally With him.
 For uha- seemed like hours Q nightmare she struggled to reIaas' erselt from inc strei-iike clasp 0 his arms and tho smotnerlnG em l-ace ot ths tain- aodien canvas To add ro the horror ram tol fea"ily upon the canvas that hel, them rlnn.1 tc'rl-sslv 10 'h. earth; hal pslrra her flesh hltiner even through the dubious rrotec ton Of the cany.s; and every mo nent they were in lrart4i dsnsr. of being tr1mnied 10 death uy th, fleet of fleeing carnival r'sitors who had been cleaf o' tha ten when Y had collapsed
 '"Don't - struggle" came tna hoockjns voice. pau'Iu- q H'tI, with the effort of speaking pnIet 'iie !snotherlns cAul oi canvas "Lte--still I'll hold up--'ho can yss-so you-caiI breathe. Shiol'
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