THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OUKflON, TUESDAY, jSKl'TKMHMlt 14, 190!).
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Synopsis Chapter I Polly, a child
of tho -circus, is brought'up by Toby,
a clown, and by a boss cauvnsman
called "Muvvcr Jim." She learns to
ride Bingo, a circus horse, and grows
to womanhood knowing no life ex
cept that of the circus.
Chapter II A chufh near the cir
' us lot interests Polly Jim removes
her for her reckless riiLup.
Chapter III Polly urges Bingo to
unprecedented speed And falls. Toby
f and Jim carry the injured girl to the
parsonage, iiearby.
Chapter IV The Rev. John Doug
las, much to Deacon Elversou's dis
gust, takes Polly into the parsonage.
Toby and "Muvver Jim" are receiv
ed kindly by Douglas, who has placed
Polly in charge of his colored serv
ant, Mandy. Douglas promises to
care for the girl until she is well.
Chapter V When Polly becomes
' conscious she declares that she must
rejoin the circus at once. "Are you
a sky pilot?" she asks the minister.
Her mother was killed riding a circus
horse, and her father "got his'n in a
lion's cage.". The minister reads to
her about Ruth and Naomi, nnd Polly
says "I guess I'd like to hear you
spiel."
Chapter VI Douglas off qjids; Dea
con Strong by defending boys who
play baseball on Sunday.
Chapter VH Polly -recovers her
health, but is saddened by the death
of .Toby. Jim sends the news and
promises to keep in touch with her.
m
CHAPTER VIII.
HEN Polly understood that To
by was actually gone It seem
ed to her that she could never
laugh again. She had been too
young to realize the lnevltableness of
death when It came to ber mother,
and now she could scarcely believe
that Toby would never, never come
back to her. She felt that she must
be able to drag him back; that she
, could not go on without him. She
wanted to .tell him" how grateful she
was for all bis care of her. She
thought of the thousand little things
that she might have done for him. She
longed to recall every impatient word
to him. His gentle, reproachful eyes
were always haunting her. "You must
come back. Toby!" she cried. "You
must!" ' .
, It was only when body and mind had
worn themselves out with yearning
that a numbness at last crept, over her,
and out of this grew a gradual con
sciousness of things about her anv
returning sense of lier obligation t
others.' Slis tried lo answer In her
old, smiling way and to keep tier mind
upon what they were saying instead
of letting it wander away to the past.
Douglas and Mandy were overjoyed
to see the color creeping buck to her
cheeks.
.She joined the pastor again in his
visits to the poor. The women of the
town would often see them passing
and would either whisper to each
othei", shrug their shoulders or lift
their eyebrows with smiling insinua
tions, but Polly and the pastor were
too luui.-li absorbed lu each other to
take much notice of what was going
on about them.
They had not gone for their walk
today because Mainly had needed Polly
to help make ready fur the social to be
held in the Sunday srlioul room to
night. Early in the afternoon Polly had
seen Douglas shut hims,elf up in the
study, and she was sure Hint he was
writing, so when the village children
stopped in on the way from school for
Mandy'g new made cookies she used
her customary trick to get them away.
"Tag; you're it!" she cried and then
dashed out the back door, pursued by
tho laughing, screaming youngsters.
Mandy followed the children to the
Jiorch anil stood looking after lliein as
llie mad little band scurried about the
back yard, thirled in and nut among
the trees, then up the side of the wood
ed hill, just beyond the church.
The leaves once more were-red and
yellow on the trees, but today the air
was warm and the children were wear
ing their summer dresses. Polly's lithe
girlish llgure looked almost tall by
comparison with the children about
tier. She wore a plain, simple gown of
white, which Mandy had helped her to
make. It had been cut ankle length,
for Polly was no' seventeen. Her
quaint, old fashioned manner, tier seri
ous eyes and her trick of knotting her
heavy brown lialr low" on Tier nock
mado her seem older.
Mandy waited until the children had
disappeared over the hill, then began
bustling about, looking for tho step
ladder which Hasty bad left under the
vines of the porch. It had been a busy
day at the parsonage. A social always
meant crturbntlon for Mandy. She
called shandy to Hasty as he came
down the path which made a short cut
to the village. '
"So's youse back, Is yo'?" she asked
sarcastically. t
"Sure I's back." answered Hasty
good naturedly as he sank upon an
empty box that had held some things
for the social and prctenicd to wipe
the perspiration from his forehead.
"Massa John doue send yo' to de
postofflce two hours ago," said Mandy
as she took the letters and papers from
his hand. "Five minutes is plenty ob
time for any nigger to do dat job."
"I doue been detained," Hasty
drawled.
"Youse always 'tallied when dar's
any work n-golu' on," Mandy snapped
at him.
"Wbar's Miss Polly?' Hasty asked,
Ignoring Mnndy's reference to work.
"Nebber yo' mind 'bout Miss Polly.
She don't want yo'. Jes' yo doue
fetch that stepladder Into de Sunday
school room."
"But I wants her," Hasty Insisted.
"I's been on very 'ticular business
what she ought to know 'bout."
- "Business'' she repeated.i "What
kind ob business?"
"I got to fix de Sunday school room,"
said Hasty as he perceived her grow
ing curiosity.
"You come, henh, nigger!" Mandy
called, determined that none of the
village doings should escape her, "Out
wid it!"
"Well, it's 'bout de circus," Hasty
answered, seating himself again on the
box. "Dey's sbowin' In Wakefield to
night, an' next month day's comln"
here."
"Dat same circus what Miss Polly
used to be wid?" Mandy's eyes grew
large with curiosity.
. "De very same." and Hasty nodded
mysteriously.
"How yo' know dat?" Mandy was
uncertain whether to believe hiin.
" 'Cause da's a big red wagon down,
town wid de name ob de show painted
on it. It's de advertlsin' one vrhat
goes ahead wid all de pictures what
dey pastes up."
"An' yo' been hangln' roun' dat
wugon?"
"I done thought Miss Polly might
want to know."
ee nere, lazy nigger, uoii yo go
put tin' no circus notions Into Miss Pol
ly s ueau. no uon care no more
'bout dein t'lngs since her L'ncle Toby
done die. She done been satisfied right
wbar, she am. Jes' yo' let her be."
i am t done notuin',' , uasty pro
tested.
"Xebber do do uothln'," growled Man
dy. "Go 'long now au' get a-work.
"Something which is of consider
known is the system of prepaid or
ulile interest to the public generally
and which is uorhnps not generally
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of tho Southern Puoifio noinpany
and ail points in the United Spates.
Dy mentis of (his systom tickots may
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"Tng; you're It!" Polly cried us Bho eommodations mid smnll amounts of
''7'"!; inuTc II 1" Polly cried.
Mos' 4 o'clock an' dat Sunday school
room ain't ready yet."
Hasty picked up the empty box and
the stepladilcr and went out through
the gate. He hail barely disappeared
when a peal of laughter was heard
from 1 lie hillside, and before Mnndy
could get out of the way the young,
slot's ciime tumbling down the path
again.
"I.nwsy, lawny!" she gasped as Polly
circled a round her. dodging the clili
(Iron. "Youse cheeks is red tis plnles
honrv."
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touched the widow's auburn haired off
spring on the sleeve. Thero was much
walling when Willie passed tho tag to
llttlo Jennie, tho smallest girl lu tho
crowd.
"I won't play no more," sho sobbed,
" 'cause I's always It."
To comfort her Polly began to sing : is hereby given that tho undersigned
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tell yo somethln'."
"I have one right now." And, turn
ing to the eager mites at her side, Pol
ly told them to run along Into the
grove and that she'd come pretty soon
to teach them a new game.
The youngsters went screaming and
laughing on their way, and she breath
ed a sigh of relief as she threw herself
down on the rustic seat that encircled
the elm tree.
"What is it. Hasty?" she asked, sus
pecting that ho was In trouble with
Mandy.
"It's 'bout de circus," Hasty Inform
ed her bluntly.
"The circus?" She rose nnd crossed
to him quickly.
"It's in Wakefield an' nex' month
It's a-comln' here."
"Here?" Polly gasped.
"I thought yo'd want ter know,"
said Hasty, a little surprised at her
lack of enthusiasm.
"Yes, of course." She turned away
and pretended to look nt the flowers.
"Don youse tell Mandy I been talkln"
'bout dat circus." said Hasty uneasily.
He was beginning to fear that he had
made a mistake, but before Polly could
answer Mandy came out of the house,
carrying bnskets of food, which Has
ty was to take to the Sunday school
room. She looked at the girl's trou
bled face and drooping shoulders In
surprise.
'What make yo' look so serious.
honey ?"
Just thinking." said Polly absently.
'My! Don' yo' look fine in your new
dress!" She was anxious to draw the
girl out of her reverie.
Do you like It?" Polly asked ea
gerly, forgetting her depression of a
moment before. "Do you think Mr.
John will like It?"
(To be , continued.)
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