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He loved the woman that jumped through the hoops and balloons on a padded horse. Whenever her eyes turned on him they sent a thrill through him more exciting than that produced by Brutus. He generally stood near the ring-board when she appeared in public, and envied the ringmaster the agreeable duty of assisting her to mount.
That had been in early May and this was summer's third month; the attrition of the weather had worn down the sharp edges of that low turfen parapet; by rights, too, there should have been much sawdust and much smell of the same and a center pole rising like one lone blasted tree from the exact middle of a circular island of this sawdust; there should have been a ringmaster and at least two clowns and an orderly clutter of paraphernalia.
When he reached it and stood poised ready for his act, there came a shrill whistle from Jim Tracy, the ringmaster, who wore his usual immaculate shirt front and black evening clothes rather incongruous in the daytime. The whistle was the signal for the other acts to cease, that the attention of all might be centered on Joe.
And then faster and faster they went, all of them dancing, first one foot out in the air and then the other, the horses leaning more and more, and the ringmaster going round and round the center-pole, cracking his whip and shouting "Hi! hi!" and the clown cracking jokes behind him; and by and by all hands dropped the reins, and every lady put her knuckles on her hips and every gentleman folded his arms, and then how the horses did lean over and hump themselves!
And after we had quieted down a little, the ringmaster says: "As big as that?" "Bigger," says the clown. "Why, she used to make 'em so big we used 'em for bedclothes." "Oh, my, yes! I mind one time I was sleeping with my little brother, and I waked up just as cold Brr! But I was cold!" "But how could that be, sir? You just now said you had pancakes for bedclothes."
"Now that we have seen this remarkable Easter achievement, the performance will proceed," announced the ringmaster, blowing his whistle and waving his hand. The band struck up; the performers, grinning broadly, took up their work where they had left off upon the entrance of Teddy Tucker with the giant egg. The incident had served to put both performers and audience in high good humor. Mr.
"If you don't shut up I'll have you put out!" roared the ringmaster. The young acrobat had climbed the rope a distance of ten feet. Now he appeared to grow dizzy, and of a sudden he lost his grip and fell in a heap in the sawdust ring. "You rat, you, I'll fix you!" hissed the ringmaster. "What do we pay you for, anyway?"
The latter caught his cue instantly at a word from the ringmaster. He picked up the vegetable, made a profound bow to the sender, juggled it cleverly with his training wand, one-two-three, and turned the tables completely as the smart baby elephant caught it on the fly.
Only for an instant, however, was Andy daunted. He suddenly realized that he could get more promptly to the manager or the ringmaster from the rear. He ran around the big white mountain of canvas till he reached the performers' tent. Patrolling outside of it was a club-armed watchman. "Please let me in," said Andy hurriedly. "I want to see the manager, quick." "Yes, they all do. G'wan!
Then there was Benny Turton, who did a "tank act," and was billed as a "human fish." Jim Tracy, the ringmaster, Bill Watson, the veteran clown, and his wife, the circus "mother," Tom Layton, the elephant man who taught the big creatures many tricks, were only a few of Joe's friends. Among others might be mentioned Señor Bogardi, the lion tamer, Mrs.
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