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"Mother 'Larkey will be awful glad to see the circus," Jerry remarked. "She ain't seen none since just after she was married. An' so will Nora and Celia Jane." "You boys wait here while Helen and I get ready," said Whiteface, "and then we'll pay our respects to Mrs. Mullarkey and Nora and Celia Jane and Kathleen." "You won't go out of the tent, will you, Gary?" asked the elephant-lady.
Hardly were the words out of his mouth when Jerry was literally placed by the elephant in the arms of Whiteface. "Who are you?" asked the clown of Jerry, looking long into his eyes. "He's Jerry Elbow," said Danny who, with Chris, had edged in close to the little crowd surrounding the elephant. "He's a orfum and lives with us." "When did his parents die?" "He ain't got no parents," replied Danny.
"It is not two months. It was only six weeks yesterday. The fact is, squire, I've come for Whiteface, and I've got the money for you." "Have you heard from Tom?" asked the squire, with a blank look of disappointment. "Yes; I heard from him yesterday." "And he sent you some money?" "Yes; he reports that he is doing well." "Did he send you thirty dollars?"
Gary L. Bowe would sound very much like Jerry Elbow to any one who didn't know." "You're right," said Whiteface. "I believe he is our boy." Jerry looked up at the clown and such an expression of delight came over his face at the idea of the clown being his father that Whiteface's voice went all husky and he took Jerry in his arms. "Do you remember anything about your parents?" he asked.
"It's all fixed up for to-night," said the older Norris; "we're going up the gulf and over the shoulder of Whiteface and then down to the Cliff House, where a sleigh will meet us and bring us back." That evening tramp over the slopes of Whiteface Mountain was the beginning of a wonderful series of winter sports at Pocassett.
"Yes, I am his father and I am a clown in a circus," replied Whiteface. "Mr. Darner is the County Overseer of the Poor," Mrs. Mullarkey explained. "He's been at me to give Jerry up and let him take him to the poor farm ever since my Dan died." "It's for your own good and your children's and Jerry's, too, if you weren't too blind to see it," the Overseer stated.
The country was drier and more settled, but the cows, we saw, were all in farmyards, and we were afraid to risk going near them. About midnight we almost stumbled over a herd of them, and one fine old whiteface arose at our request and let us milk her. Ted stood at her head, and spoke kind words to her and rubbed her nose, while I filled our tin again and again.
He called different buffalo by name; and designated the calves by descriptive terms, such as "Whiteface" and "Crosspatch." He almost forgot to eat, and kept Frank too busy to get anything into his own mouth. After supper he calmed down. "How about your other man Mr. Wallace, I think you said?" asked Frank. "We expected to meet him at Grand Canyon Station, and then at Flagstaff.
Nelson, hastily. "I don't think Walter seriously thinks of asking leave," said Mr. Nelson, smiling. "As he is only thirteen years old, I should be inclined to object myself. I must have him at home to help me with the farm." "I should be perfectly contented to stay at home if we had Whiteface back," said Walter. "I've a great mind to steal her out of the squire's yard.
He was so happy that he would willingly have shared with them the pleasure of seeing the circus and getting acquainted with Whiteface, if that had been possible. He wished Kathleen and Nora and Mother 'Larkey could see it. Never in all his life had he been so excited and so happy. He wanted more and more. If only the circus would never end!
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