Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-04-26

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7 TITLE DAISY IiEMPiiII.L didn't |
IL type" circus IN the least Never |
theless there WINS so very deep a
strain of II In her blood that the night |
which Witnessed the tragic deralhent |
of the Hardenburg performers train |
took away both her parents In one |
awful moment.
The all American show was already |
In winter quarters. Madame Fellce |
Hebert, who had known "the Emplllo |
duo, premier double bareback act" |
ever since Daisy was a child. and who |
had lived more than one winter In the |
sunny back room of their cottage In
the All Americas home town, threw
up both arms and shrleked when Bob
Sloan, boss Of the paint shop, brought
the terrible news into the wardrobe
loft. Then she grabbed her hat tore
down two flights Of steps. raced the
entire 200 yards OF trackage and
exercise ground to the back gate,
hailed a passing taxi and In six min
utes was at Daisy's boarding house,
holding the grlef-strlcken orphan In
her arms.
Wher the first dreadful days were
over and Daisy came to facing the
future klnless orphan, 1t was only
her own inherent sense Of Justice that
prevented the Woodworking wardrobe
woman from taking upon herself the
place of both father and mother and
maintaining Daisy through her final
year of school.
"But I'm not going to do that"
argued Daisy. am not going to
school. I'm going to work"
And to this arrangement Madame
Fellce was eventually compelled to
acQulesce. But she had her way
about one thing. "Tf you're going to
earn your own living, Daisy" she
said, "yOu're coming into my loft"
And that's how 1t came that Daisy
Hempell came to be earning her living
stitching varl-colored Jewels in huge
designs on mammoth elephant blan-
kets Of black velvet. And Dnisy's job
was n very responsible one.
For, be 1t known that the bushels
Of gems employed by big circus In
bedlzenlng the trappings of Its beasts
are no ordinary fabricatlons Of glass.
They are truly synthetic jewels and
cost pack of money.
Now It happened that Just Mt the
time when Daisy became seam
stress to elephants, camels and Arab
charger, these highly essential gems
hoH I'm 30 nj
tremely high in price. They cost
thousands where formerly they had
cost hundreds, but inasmIch rs It
was now assured that no other circus
would be able to rival the mngnlh-
cence OF the All Americas Trapplngs
next season-for Enoch Prout the
Americas purchasing agent, had
cleaned out the market-lt was re.
garded as excellent business.
Madame Fellce, as department
head, was a highly trusted and re-
spOnsible executive as well as an
artist. All the store OF cunning fabri-
Gated Jewels was left in her care and
was kept, along with n fortune in
costly stuffs, in great strong box
In the loft.
Now there were dozen girls nj
work In the wardrobe loft. But OF
eleven of the dozen Bob Sloan, the
paint Op foreman, had no eyes At
all. Bob, from the day Of his first
catching glimpse OF Daisy. adored
her He might have won her, but
there came to the quarters Just ut
that time wlnsome youth named Joe
Tnggart. Joe hadn't been In evl.
dence week before he had dlscov.
cred Daisy and laid selge to her.
But there was one thing about Joe
Taggart that often sent Dnisys
thoughts flying to steady old Bob. II
was when, now and then. she caught
Joe looking at her out OF the corner
Of his eyes. Bob had never done that.
And II made Daisy uneasy.
Then came the night. They had
been to the movies" Joe had pre-
tended to be going to kiss md had
pulled handkerchief from his over.
coat pocket to wipe his lips In mock
preparation. All play. for Daisy new.
err let Joe kiss her, you know, But
when he had gone Daisy found, on
the floor Of the hallway, a letter with
out an envelope. Words In II caught
her eye This Is what she read:
"Joe-rOr the love OF Mike. how
much longer is II going to take yOn
to pull that trick? You say the girls
a slmp2 Well, get busy with her and
cop the goods. Macs frothlng at the
mouth because his tlnsel room Is held
up waiting for them sparks. You'll he
losing the thousand and your pick
ings with this show II you don't get
wrIggle on you. Get going.
"BLANEY."
~ brought II to you, Bob" said
Daisy TO Sloan the first thing next
morning, because ! thought some
body ought to know"
"I'm glad you did" said Bob sober.
ly. "FelIca would have made an aw'
full noise. And we must keep this
quiet for your sake. I'm sorry, little
girl You liked him lot, didn't your |
It's too bad to have him turn out to
be here Just to steal lot OF ward. |
robe Jewels for Mcclure. I'll take this
TO the boss, and I'm sure he'll just
shoe him away quietly"
Daisy looked up into the kind, deeply |
concerned eyes Of the man for q long |
moment. Bob" she asked irrelevant. |
ly, you're eleven years older than |
am, aren't your Tf you were eleven
hundred, do you suppose you'd KIN w
anythlngT Then she turned and |
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