The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-09
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FORMERS Win ~NSHTroe's CHSos
When Madeline's grandfather
who is blind, asks her to spend q
weekend at his. farm she per
suades Donna to go instead. Don
ma, pretending TO be Madeline
falls in love with Bill Siddal
Madeline's cousin.
! Con David, animal trainer, j.
devoted to Donna but she regards
him merely as friend. Madeline
loves Con and schemes to win him
Donna falls from the trapeze
and is injured. Madeline wires Bill
to come for her and begs Donna
! to.continue the impersonation. Bill
takes Donna to the farm to re
cuperate. Mrs. Planter, the house
keeper, is suspicious of the girl.
Madeline tells Con that Donna
is going to marry Bill. Wher
members of the circus GOSSIP
about Madeline and Con he offer
to marry her, believing he has
1851 Donna. " II ~ sF.sa +
! NO" W. olS WI n HE > oN
#s. CHAPTER XII ..r ~.
With S25 in his pocket, the re
suit of two weeks labor on the
Siddal farm. Nub Planter consid
cred himself affluent and due fol
1 a period of rest. Much against hi:
mothers wishes. he set off on {
tramp to the Kentucky metropo
lis and landed in Louisville the
day that "Renfroe's Monstrou:
Three Ring Circus" was due to be,
gin three days engagement.
] Wandering along the main bust.
ness section of the city and star.
ing in shop windows, he was &C.
! costed by small colored boy who
thrust handful toward him.
Nub glanced at the green print
ed sheet, accepted it and, leaning
against building. read the fol
lowing: .....,. ..
,, Saturday Afternoon in the
Arena Con David, King of Wild
Beasts, Star of the Greatest Cir
Gus on Earth, and Madeline Ga
briel, Superb. Beautiful, Glorious
Aerial Gypnast, Will Be Married
in the Presence Of Thousands of
Spectators Who Will Join Them?
To the Young Couple Who Will
Join Hands in Holy Matrimony at
the Same Time and at the Same
Place the Management of Rem
froe's Colossal Three Ring Circus
Will Give 500 and Furnishings
for a Four-Room Apartment.
Let's Hear From the Boys and
Girls! Who Will Have This Su-
preme Honor?" 90
Only the first part of the an
nouncement registered with Nub
Planter. So Madeline Gabriel, who
was really Madeline Siddal, was
to be married Saturday after
noon! How could this be possible
Nub had left Madeline in a wheel
chair lin farm house just out,
side of, Lebanon only two weeks
before. Obviously she could not
have regained use of her limbs in
two weeks, or rejoined the circus
Something was wrong some place
Nub decided that he would see
the circus. He wanted to see the
wedding ceremony and the CIR
who was using Madeline's name
Since Nub's $25 had vanished, the
only way he could secure seal
at the circus was to produce 6
/ bride and take part in the cere
mony Or else to. find some sort OF
employment and earn enough fol
ticket. ..t... q.
Nub's curiosity had been arous
ed. Maybe the dame who claimed
to be Madeline wasn't Madeline
at all. Or maybe the girl at the
farm = but Nom would have seer
through any effort at deception
even if the blind old codger haC
been fooled. Nub assured himself
it was his duty to look into this
| Yep, it was his duty.
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1t, was three O'Clock when he
reached the fair grounds, leased
for three days by Renfroe. The
afternoon performance was in
progress and Nub could hear
shrieks of laughter. occasioned by
the clowns antics. Near the side
show tents and the concessions
small groups had collected, more
interested in getting something
for nothing thancin paying for en-
tertainment, under the "big top"
! Nub watched a farmer lose
three dollars at shooting gallery
then strolled over to the owner
of the concession and offered his
services. The other man, black
rowed and bleary-eyed, sized up
Nub and told him he would pay
him so cents as "come-on." Nub
accepted and for two hours pre-
tended to shoot revolving ducks
with a success that drew more
spectators. ~ lass "."' =.
Part of the so cents went for
shot dogs" and root beer. Then
Nub sauntered on looking for
more employment. Bysatseven
o'clock that evening he had the
wherewithal to buy ticket Tor
the show but, having remembered
how he had wriggled under the
canvas and lodged policemen in
his youth. he tried the same stunt
again and fpundra seat (unreserv-
ed) and settled into it without
any qualms of conscience.
He was too far from the arena
| to get a clear view of Madeline's