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(Continued.)
. Synopsis Chapter I Polly, a child
of the circus, is brought up by Toby,
a cIowd, and by a boss canvasman
called "Muvver 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 chueh near the cir
cus lot interests Polly Jim removes
her for her reckless ridlcp.
Chapter III Polly urges Bingo to
unprecedented speed and falls. Toby
and Jim carry the injured girl to the
parsonage nearby.
Chapter IV The Rev. 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
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 T" 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, and Polly
says "I guess I'd like to hear you
spiel."
. Chapter VI Douglas offends 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 keeD in touch with her.
Chapter VIII Polly recovers from '
the blow dealth 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 to
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.
Chapter XI "Muvver Jim" calls
and notes the change in Polly's
speech. Polly tells him she has
abandoned the circus business. Dea
cons Strong and Elverson inform
Polly that she can save the minister
trouble by returning to the circus.
Learning that the deacons contem
plate discharging Douglas, she re
buffs Douglas, declares that she
yearns for the circus and rushes
away sobbing.
' Chapter XII Douglas is very un
happy. A month passes, and the cir
cus plays a return engagement. Has
ty, Mandy's husband, ascertains that
Polly is not riding. Douglas believes
she is ill and starts for the circus.
CHAPTER XIII.
mIM was slow tonight. The bis
show was nearly over, yet
many of the props used In the
early part of the bill were still
unloaded.
He was tinkering absentmlndedly
with one of the wagons, In the back lot,
and the men were standing about idly
waiting for orders when Barker came
out of the main tent and called to him
sharply:
, "Hey, there, Jim! What's your ex
cuse tonight?".
"Kxquse for what?" Jim crossed
slowly to Barker.
' "The cook tent was started half an
hour late, aud the sideshow top ain't
loaded yet."
"Your wagons is on the bum; that's
what! No. 38 carries the cook tent,
an' the blacksmith has been tlukcrln'
with It all day. Ask him what shape
It's In."
"You're always stallln," was Bar
ker's sullen complaint. "It's the wag
ons or the blacksmiths or anything but
the truth. I know what's the matter,
all right."
"What do you mean by that?" asked
Jim sharply.
. "I mean that all. your time's, took no.
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a-earryiu' antT a-felcnfn' for that girl
what calls you "Muvver Jim.'"
"What have you got to say about
her?" Jim eyed him with a threaten- .
Ins look. '
"I got a-plenty," said Barker as he
turned to snap his whip at the small
boys who had stolen Into the back lot
to . peek under the rear edge of the
big top. "She's been about as much
good as a Blck cat since she come back.
You Baw her act last night." ,
"Yes," answered Jim doggedly. I
"Wasn't It punk? She didn't show at
all this afternoon; said she was sick. I
And me with all them people inside '
what knowed her walUn' to see hen
"Give her a little time," Jim pleaded.
"She ain't rode for a year."
"Time!" shouted Barker. "How much
does she Want? She's been . back a
month, and Instead of bracln' up she's
i-getUn' worse. There's only one thing
for me to do."
"What's that?" asked Jim uneasily.
"I'm goin' to call her, and call her
hard."
"Look here, Barker," and Jim squared
his shoulders as be looked steadily at
the other man, "you're boss here, and
I takes orders from you, but If I
catches you abusInV Poll your beln'
boss won't make no difference."
"You can't bluff me!" shouted Barker.
"I ain't bluffln'. I'm ouly telllu' you,"
said Jim very quietly.
"Well, you tell her to get on to her
Job. If she don't, she quits; that's all."
He hurried Into the ring.
Jim took one step to follow him,
then stopped and gazed at the ground
with thoughtful eyes. He, too, had
seen the change In Polly. He had tried
to rouse her. It was no use. She bad
"Star gtzin', Poll t" lie asked.
looked at him' blankly. "If she would
only complain," he said to himself;
"if she would only get mad, anything,
anything to wake her." But she did
not complain. She went through ber
dally routine very humbly and quietly.
She sometimes wondered how Jim
could talk so much about, her work,
but before she could answer the ques
tion her mind drifted back to other
days, to a garden and flowers, and Jim
stole away unmissed and left ber with
folded hand and wide, staring eyes,
gazing Into the distance.
The memory of these times made
Jim helpless tonight He had gone on
hoping from day to day that Barker
might not, notice the "let down" In her
work, and now the blow had fallen.
How could he tell her?
One of the acts came tumbling out
of tbe main tent. There was a mo
ment's confusion as clowns, acrobats
and animals passed each other on tbelr
way to and from tbe ring; then the lot
cleared again, and Polly came slowly
from the dressing tent. She looked
very different from tbe little girl
whom Jim had led away from the par
son's garden in a simple white frock
one month before. Her thin, pensive
face contrasted oddly with her glitter
ing attire. Her balr was knotted high
on her bead and intertwined with
flowers hnd Jewels. Her slender neck
seemed scarcely able to support Its
tmrdon. Her short, full skirt and low
cut bodice were ablaze with white
and colored stones.
"What's on, Jim?" she asked.
"The 'leap o' death.' You got plenty
of time."
Polly's mind went back to the girl
who answered that call a year ago.
Her spirit seemed very near tonight.
The band stopped playing. Barker
made his grandiloquent announcement
about the wonderful act about to be
s
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seou, and her eyes wandered to the
distant church steeple. The moonlight
seemed to shun It tonight. It looked
cold and grim and dark. Sho won
dered whether the sttctnu bell that
once called Its llock to worship had
become as mute as her owu dead heart.
She did not bear the whir of the great
machine luslde the tent ns It plunged
through space with Its girl occupant.
These tblngs were a part of the dally
routine, part of the strange, vague
dream through which she must stum
ble for the rest of her life.
Jim watched her In silence. Her
face was turned from him. She had
forgotten bis presence.
"Star gazln'. Poll?" he asked at
length, dreading to disturb her reverie.
"I guess I was, Jim." She turned to
him with a little, forced smile. He
longed to save her from Barker's
threatened rebuke!
"How you feclln' tonight?"
"I'm all right," she answered cheer
fully. '
Anything you want?"
Want?!' She turned upon him with
startled eyes. There was so much
that she wanted that the mere men
tion of the word had opened a well of
pain in her heart.
"I mean can I do anything for you?"
"Oh, of course not." She remem
bered how little any one could do.
"What Is It, Poll?" he begged, but
she only turned away and shook her
head with a sigh. He followed her
with anxious eyes. 'What made you
cut out the show today? Was It be
cause vou didn't want to ride afore
folks what knowed you ride afore
him mebbe?"
"Him?" Her face was white. Jim
feared she might swoon. "You don't
mean that he was"
"Oh, no," he answered quickly, "ef
course not. Parsons don't come to
places like this one. I was only flgur
ln' that you didn't want other folks to
see an' to tell him bow you was rid
In'." She did not answer.
"Was that it. Poll?" he urged. '
"I don't know." She stared Into space.
"Was itr
"I guess It was," she said after a
long time.
I knowed It!" he cried. "I was a
fool to 'a' brung you back! You don't
belong with us no more."
"Oh, don't, Jim! Don't! Don't make
oie feel I'm In the way here too!"
"Here too?" He looked at her In as
tonishment. "You waRn't In his way,
was you, Poll?"
"Yes, Jim." She saw bis look of un
belief and continued hurriedly: "Oh, I
tried not to he! i tried so hard. He
used to read me verses out of a Bible
about my way lielnp his vrr.y and my
people'hls peopie, but it Isn't bu, Jim.
Your vt- If :!:e r ;'i !:-". and
your people arc- the people you are
born with, and yon can't change it,
Jim. no matter how hard you try."
"You was cbangin' It," he answered
savagely. "You was gettin' Jes' like
them people. It was me what took you
away an' spoiled 'it all. You oughtn't
to 'a' come. What made you after you
said you wouldn't?"
She did not answer. Strange things
were going through the mind of the
Blow wlttcd Jim. He braced himself
for a difficult question.
"Will you answer me somethln'
straight?" he asked. '
"Why, of course," she said as she
met his gaze.
"Do you love the parson, Poll?"
She started.
"Is that it?"
Her lids fluttered and closed; . she
caught her breath quickly, her lips
apart, then looked for Into tbe dis
tance. -
"Yes, Jim, I'm afraid that's It." The
little figure drooped, and she stood be
fore him with lowered eyes, unarmed.
Jim looked at ber helplessly, then
shook his big, stupid head.
"Ain't that h-1?"
It seemed such a short time to Jim
since be had picked her up, a cooing
babe, at her dead mother's side. He
I watched the tender, averted' face.
Things had turned out so differently
from what he had planned.
"An' he don't care about you like
that?" he asked after a pause.
"No, not In that way." Klie was anx
ious to defend the pastor from even tbe
thought of such a thing. "He was
good and kind always, but he didn't
care Hint way. lie's not like that."
"I guess I'll have a talk with him,"
said Jim. and lie turned to go.
"Talk!" she cried.
He stopped nud looked fit ber In
astonishment. It was the first time
tluit be hnd ever heard that sharp note
in her voice. Her tiny figure was
stiffened with decision. Her eyes were
Uczlnsr.
"If yea evef C::rc to speak to hint
ii hunt mo. you'll never wo tun again."
Jim was perplexed.
, "I ineiui II, Jim. I've Hindu my
elinlro, mid I've ronie back to you. If
you ever try to fix up things between
Is I in nud me, I'll run iiwuy-really mid
truly a way - and you'll never, never get
me back."
He slitiflleil awkwardly to her side
and reached lpologetleaMy for (he lit-
tie elliieheil list. IJe held It In bis big
j rough tin ml. toying nervously with tlm
i tiny lingers.
j "1 wouldn't do nothln' that you
wasn't a waiitlu', Poll. I wns just
i a-tryln' to help you, only I I never
j tsefni to know how."
She turned to him with tear dimmed
j eyes and rested lier hands on his great.
Droail shoulders, and he saw the place
where he dwelt In her heart.
(To be continued.)
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