THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 11)09.
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Southern Pacific Grounds in Ash
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Parked.
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Synopsis Chapter I Polly, n child
at tlin circus, is brour-ut no by looy
a clown, and by a boss canvas-nan
called "Muvver Jim." She learns to
ride Bingo, a circus horse, and grow:
to womanhood knowing no life ex
i.ant rrinr nf thn circus.
Chapter II A chn'oh near the cir
cus lot interests Polly Jim rep'Oves
her for her reckless riiCcp.
niantar ITT Pollv lirees Biniro to
unprecedented speed nnd falls. Toby
and Jim carry tne xnjurea gin 10 me
parsonage i.earby.
Chapter IV The Kev. John Doug
las, much to Deacon Elverson's dis
gust, takes Polly into the parsonage.
Toby and "Muvver Jim" are receiv
ed kindly by Douglas, who has placed
Folly in cnarge or nis coiorea 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
o cl-v nilntf" slifi lists the minister.
Her mother was killed riding a circus
horse, and her fatner "got his'u m a
lion's cage." The minister reads, to
her about Ruth and Naonii, and Polly
says "I guess I'd like to hear you
spiel."
. Chapter XI Douglas offends Dea
con Strong by defending boys who
play baseball on Sunday.
Chapter TO Polly recovers her
health, but is saddened by the death
of Toby. Jim sends the news and
promises to keep in touch with her.
Chapter VIII Polly recovers from
the blow dcalth her by Toby's death.
She has ceased using slang and is
educating herself under Douglas'
.guidance.' She endeavors to improve
Mandy's grammar.
Chapter IX Deacons Strong and
Elverson reprove the pastor for har
boring the circus girl. Douglas de
clares that he is merely doing his
duty. Strong declares that the girl
must go. Douglas defies him.
Chapter X Douglas suggests to
Polly that she go to a seminary. Her
quotation "And Ruth said, 'Entreat
me not to leave thee,'" reveals io
both the fact that they love each oth
er. , Douglas takesc her in his arms
and tells her that she is never to leave
- him. ' ;3r
' CHAPTER XI.
far
'S goln into de Sunday school
room to take off dnt 'ere wid
ow's finlshin' touches," sakl
Mandy as she came down
the steps.
"All right!" called Douglas. "Take
these with you. Perhaps they may
help." He gathered up the garlands
which Polly had left on the ground.
Bis eyes were shining. He looked
younger than Mandy bad ever seen
him.
Polly had turned her back at the
sound of Mandy's voice and crossed to
the elm tree, drying her tears of hap
piness and trying to control her newly
awakened emotions. Douglnto felt In
tultively that she needed this moment
for recovery, so he piled the leaves
and garlands high in Mandy's arms,
then ran into the bouse with the light
step of a boy.
"I got the set sit settin' room all
tidied up," said Mandy as she shot a
sly glance at Polly.
"That's good," Polly answered, fac
log Mandy at last and dimpling and
blushing guiltily.
i "Mos" de sociable folks will mos'
likely be hangin' roun' de parsonage to
night, 'stead ob stayin' in de Sunday
school room, whar dey belongs. Las'
time dat 'ere Widow Willoughby done
et roun' all ebenln' a-tellln' de par
son as how folks could Jes' eat off'n
her kitchen floor, an' 1 ups an' tells her
as how folks could pick up a good
Bquar meal off'n Mandy's floor too,
Guess she'll be mighty careful what
She says afore Mandy tonight.'' She
chuckled as she disappeared down the
walk to the Sunday school room.
Polly stood motionless where Mandy
hnd left her. She hardly knew which
way to turn. She was happy, yet
afraid. She felt like sinking upon her
knees and begging God to be good to
her, to help her. She who bad once
been so independent, so self reliant,
Bow felt the need of direction from
above. She was no longer master of
her own, souL Something had gone
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from her, something that would never, '
never come agnlu. While she hesi
tated Hasty came through the gate,
Jooklng anxiously over hU shoulder. i
"Well, Hasty?" she said, for it was
apparent that Hasty had something
Important on his mind
"It's de big one from de circus," be
whispered excitedly.
"The big oner
"You know de one what brung you.'
"lou don t mean" roily s question him.
was answered by Jim himself, who "No, Jim," she answered tenderly,
had followed Hasty quickly through for she dreaded the pain that she must
the- gate. Their arms were Instantly cause the great, good hearted fellow,
about each other. Jim forgot Hasty "You mustn't care like that," sho
and every one In the world except pleaded, seeing the blank desolation
Polly, and neither of them noticed the that had come Into his face. "It isn't
horrified Miss Perkins and the Widow because I don't love you Just the same,
Willoughby. who had been crossing thi and it was good of Barker to keep my
yard on tbelr way from the Sunday place for me, but I can't go back."
school room with Julia. He turned away. She clung to the
"You're Just as big as ever," 'said 8h brown sleeve. "Why, Jim, when
Polly when she could let go of Jim 'I1l e(,n my rom UJ t,ucro ,nt
long enough to look at him. "You'"lgllt "T6116 E'nncc?. t0,wnrd tb w1"
haven't changed a bit." i dow nb,ove l,he- and TthlnS '
"You've changed enough for both of
. .
us. He looked at the unfamiliar long
skirts and 1&e new way of doing her
hair. "You're bigger. Poll, more grown
up like."
'Klh, Jim!" She glanced admiringly
at the new brown suit, the rather
startling tie and the neat little posy in
Jim's buttonhole.
"Tho fellows said I'd have to slick
up a bit If I was a-comin' to sec you,
so as not to make you ashamed of me.
Do you like 'em?" he asked, looking
down approvingly at his new brown
clothes.
Very much." For the first time Jim
noticed the unfamiliar manner of her
speech. He begnn to feel self con-
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Tbu mean that you ain't never comin'
backV
scions. A year ago she would have
said "You bet!" He looked at ber
awkwardly. She hurried on: "Hasty
told me you were showing In Wake
field. I knew you'd come to see me.
How's Barker and all the boys?" She
stopped with a catch in her throat and
added more slowly, "I suppose every
thing's different now that Toby is
gone."
"He'd 'a' liked to seen you afore he
cashed in," Jim answered, "but maybe
it was just as well be didn't. You'd
hardly 'a' knowed him toward the last,
he got so thin an' peeked like. He
wasn't the same after we lost you
nobody was, not even Bingo."
Have you still got Bingo?" she ask
ed, through her tears.
"Yep, we got him," drawled Jim,
"but be ain't much good no more.
None of the other riders can get used
to his gait like you was. There ain't
nobody with the show what can touch
you rldln'; there never will be. Say,
mebbe you think Barker won't let out
a yell when he sees you comln' back."
Jim was jubilant now, and he let out
a little yell of his. own at the mere
thought of her return. He was too
excited to notice the look on Folly's
face. "Toby had a notion before he
died that you was never a-comln'
back, but I tpld blm I'd change all
that once I Been you, an' when Bar
ker sent me over here today to look
arter the advertising he said he guess
ed you'd had all you wanted o" church
folks. 'Jes' you bring her along to
Wakefield,' he said, 'an' tell her that
her place is waltln' for her,' an' I will
too." He turned upon Polly with sud
den decision. "Why, I feel Jes' like
pick In' you up In my arms an' carryln'
you right off now."
"Walt, Jim!" She put one tiny hand
on his arm to restrain him.
"I don't mean not today mebbe,"
be stammered uncertainly, "but we'll
be back here a-sbowln' next month."
DY DODD. MEAD AND COMPANT
"Don't look at uie now," Polly an
swered as the dogllke eyes searched
her fuoe, "becnuso 1 have to say some
thing that is going to hurt you, Jim."
"You're couilu', ain't you, Poll?"
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"No, Jim," she replied In a tone bo
low that hu could scarcely hear her.
"You mean that you ain't never
comiu' back?" He tried to realize
what such a decision might meau to
f, , . , V T
rrt n in rlir nlil n.'iva tin nvvnil nnlwn
to be In the old days, the awful noise
and the rush of It all, tho cheerless
wngous,- the mob In the tent, the ring
with Its blazing lights, tho whirling
round and roimd on lllngo and tlio
hoops, always tho hoops, till my bend
got dizzy and my eyes all dim, and
then the hurry after the show, and the
heat and the dust or the mud and the
raliij and the rumble of tha wheel
In the plains at night, and the shrieks
of the animals, and then the parade,
the awful, awful parade, and I riding
through the streets In tights. Jim
tights!" She covered her face to
shut out the memory. "I couldn't go
back to It, Jim! I just couldn't!" She
turned away, her face still hidden In
her hands. He looked at her a long
while in silence.
"I didn't know how you'd come to
feel about It," he said doggedly.
"You aren't nngry, 3m'f" She
turned to him anxiously, her eyes
pleading for his forgiveness.
"Angry?" be echoed, almost bitterly.
"I guess it couldn't ever come to that
atween you an' mo. I'll be all right"
tie shrugged his great shoulders. '"It's
lust kinder sudden, that's nil. You see,
I never figured on glvln' you up, an'
when you said you wasn't coiuin' back
It kinder seemed us though 1 couldn't
see notbln' all my life but long, dusty
roads an' nobody iu 'em. But It's all
right now, an' I'll just be gettln' along
to the wagon."
(To be continued.)
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ASH LAND, Sept. 21.J. A. (lil
beltson, tho liUidt-itpt artist ami
guriU'iii'i', who has been assiduously
employed for some time past, under
direr! ion of the park hoard, iu im
proving mid laying out future im
provements fur the now park grounds
covering the old flouring mill prop
erty, will await the fall rains before
doing further work there when the
planting nnd necessary incidental
work in connection with this splendid
improvement will be taken up,'
Mr. (lilhertson is now ongaged in
preparing plans for the proposed im
provement of the Southern Pacific's
park grounds between the passenger
and freight stations in Ashland ami
surrounding the local exhibit build
ing, lie proposes the planting of
Oregon evergreen trees, fir, cedar,
laurel, etc., to mark the out linos of
the park, with a liberal planting of
the choice roses that bloom so luxu
riantly and beautiful iu this favored
cliimttcwitli shrubbery and grass to
make a combination that will be not
only attractive but ediieuliniil to
travelers in the way of showing na
tive trcos am, flowers.
the Key Under the Door.
"It Is customary for the back door
key to be put halfway under, the .loor
so thai I can reaeli It when .coming
off duty late at night." remarked un
artist 10 a Loudou Til-lilts writer.
"Tlio other morning at breakfast my
landlady said to tne, 'Do you know, I
had an awful fright last night. I put
the key halfway under he door, as
usual, when, to my horror, I saw It
drawn slowly out of sight. I of course
thought some one had got the key nnd
would unlock the door and. como in.
so I ipilckly bolted It and shouted
through the keyhole, "My word. If you
don't bring that key back!" Not daring
to retire to rest. I sat quietly listening
for a time. Then I got a table knife
and pushed it under the door to sec if
the key had really been taken right
away and to my surprise drew the key
back again. So, very cautiously. I un
locked and unbolted the door, looked
out and found not a burglar, but our
own wicked cnt, ho, while sitting on
the doorstep and seeing the key pushed
under the door, must have drawn the
key out of sight with her paws, think
ing I was playing with her.' "
And All With Company There.
'Now, children," said the mother an
whole roomful of company had come
In, "suppose you run off and play by
yourselves."
"All right, mother." replied Edith
"Can we go up and play Hamlet and
Ophelia?"
"Certainly." smiled the mother, whll
her guests looked on at the tableau.
"Uocdy." replied Kdith. Then, turn
ing to her sister, she said, "Now,
Slniiile, yoii run up to mamma's room
nnd get nil her false hair that you can
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