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FICTION CORNER
She Floats Through the Air
By
K itc h e n T a lk
Jaipur— II Ay Jo you call tb it a Kun-
auay Cake?
Joan— Ih iau ie I put in three eggi
a n d heat it!
JO H N
H . HOSE
Tony silently worshipped the petite trapeze queen but she did not
know he existed until his heort and imagination combined to bring
about a unique introduction.
T
samble ln the aide show te n t a fte r
d inner to m o rro w ."
" F in e ," rep lied Annette. " I have
often watched y o u r c h a rm in g show.
1 would be delighted M 's ie u r F ra -
giotto. Perhaps you w ould be so
kin d as to show me how to m ake
them w o rk ? ” T his was even m ore
than T ony had dream ed m ig h t be
possible.
■'Indeed! In d e e d !”
he shouted
e n thu sia stica lly.
“ I sh a ll expect
you then to m o rro w .”
The next afternoon, T on y was
ready w ith the puppets long before
the d inner hour. He ta lk e d to them
affe ction a te ly as he p u t them
through th e ir paces. To Beppo, the
^lown he chuckled:
j NY had J u it em erged through : bars high above the ground. E ach
1 the re a r flap o f the sideshow tent j day he became m ore enam ored
I when he heard the steady ru m b le ! o f the b e a u tifu l a e ria lis t. B u t how
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G iv e a n d T a k e
,n a re d rum s sounding fro m s o o ,J
ie E n S *
" A b u r g la r b ro k e in to m y house ,he blg top Just a few feel aw ay He tion for th S t iX P r » StR ■’ a d m ira -
“ And now, leetle fonny m an, you
: make
boys and g u rfs to
„
la s t n ig h t w h e n I w a s s t ill a t th e h u rr,e d a cro ”
the s tra w -litte re d tton or the sta r o f the show?
c lu b , ” sa id S m ith to h is fr ie n d
areaw ay w hich was the a cto r's en-
n
e e a rly p a rt o f the season. , no?” The b e a u tifu lly ca rve d wood«
“ D id he g e t a n y th in g ? ” a ske d trance lo the circus The S3?1? co1’
ony began to fo rm u la te a plan en horses pranced and danced as
th e fr ie n d .
i ored pennants floated in the breeze w ereby he
m ig h t show A nnette ' g ra ce fu lly as th e ir re a l counter
“ Y e s, p o o r d e v il. H e ’s in a hos- I h ig h above the m am m o th canvas
ow
e fe lt
fo r he r. D u rin g the I parts in the b ig tent across the
h o n u n g . k h t i*
p ita l.
M v y W
w ife I th
it ___
w a s P e rfo
rfo rm
rm e e rs
r’ in gay
8aY costumes lounged hours when he was not e x h ib itin g
m e .”
I h e su re ly about the re a r of the tent his puppets, Tony carved fu rio u s ly , way. B ut the tru ly a rtis tic m a s te r
piece was the re p lic a o f Annette.
a w a itin g the grand finale. L u m b e r
cre a tin g new properties, scenery, Tenderly, he placed the tin y pup
Branch Line
B a g g a g e m a n — A c o llis io n on th is ln g elephants pushed and heaved to and characters.
pet in to place on the a e ria l swing
m ove the a n im a l cages in to the
r a ilr o a d is im p o s s ib le .
The triu m p h o f th is fren zie d ac in his m in ia tu re arena.
P a ss e n g e r — Im p o s s ib le ? H o w m enagerie tent. The big, ta w n y cats t iv it y was a b e a u tifu l d o ll—the v e ry
“ M y b e a u tifu l one,” he alm ost
snarled v ic io u sly In anger at h a v
so?
im age o f Annette. Soon the tr a p whispered, “ we shall see i f you can
in
g
been
retu
rn
e
d
to
confinem
ent
B a g g a g e m a n — We h a ve o n ly one
pings were com pleted.
I t was do the trip le soubresaut, reesking
again a fte r th e ir perform ance.
t r a in .
- your love ly lif e ! ” As the g ra c e fu l
| B u t T ony was oblivious *o a ll th is
, puppet tum bled th rough space at
a c tiv ity as he m oved in te n tly in to
G ood A lib i
J the behest o f T on y’s n im b le fingers,
T a x i D r iv e r — O h , I s a y , s ir , the tent, and slipped q u ie tly onto
he became entranced in his w ork.
y o u r son a lw a y s g iv e s m e tw ic e as the grass n e a r the end of the hippo-
He did not see Annette s lip into
’ drom e tra c k . His position gave h im
b ig a t ip as th a t.
the tent. He was s ta rtle d when she
M illio n a ir e — W e ll, he ca n a f a com m anding view o f the space di-
exclaimed,
fo rd it. A f t e r a ll, h e 's g o t a r ic h re c tly o ve r the center ring. M u lti
-
“ But . . .
It is p e rfe c t!” She
colored sp o tlig h ts played upon the
fa th e r , a n d I h a v e n ’ t.
scampered behind the scenes to ex
| spangled fig u re o f a d a in ty lady
amine the tra p p in g s o f the new
silhouetted against the tent top.
O u t f o r a S w im
show
She oh-ed and ah-ed a t the
A t r a v e le r in th e m id d le o f th e
The gentle m u ric o f a w a ltz now |
* b e a utifully w ro ug h t d e ta ils o f the
S a h a ra d e s e rt c a m e upon a m a n wafted through the tent from the
i tiny circus, and when Tony handed
in a b a th in g s u it.
bandstand. Poised upon the tin y :
her the tin y d u p lica te o f herseif,
‘ ‘ W h e re on e a rth a re yo u go p la tfo rm , 80 feet above the ground, j
she was u tte rly speechless. F in a lly
in g 9 ” d e m a n d e d th e t r a v e le r .
stood the pe tite Annette—queen o f ,
she said:
" S w i m m i r " , ” re p lie d th e one in the a e ria lists. M any said she was '
“ Oh, Tony, i t ’ s b e a u tifu l . . , too
th e b a th in g s u it.
the greatest since L a n g try. The I
beautiful. I d o n 't re a lly look lik e
" B u t , ” sa id th e t r a v e le r , “ y o u ’ re sw inging b a r floated rh y th m ic a lly
that, do I ? " she queried, looking
a h u n d re d m ile s f r o m th e s e a .”
back and fo rth as she swung it j
coquetishly up in to his eyes. The
" Y e s , ” re p lie d th e o th e r . “ W id e g ently and evenly aw ay fro m her. j
blood rushed to T on y's face, and
b e a ch , a in 't it ? ”
F a r across the space atop the tent, i
he stam m ered w e a kly:
her assistant swung a s im ila r b a r I
“ Oh, Tony, show me how to m ake
back and fo rth .
L e g itim a te E x c u s e
her w o rk ,’’ pleaded Annette, danc
A n e m p lo y e e o f a la r g e fir m
Annette was readying h e rse lf fo r '
ing up and down e x c ite d ly lik e a
a p p ro a c h e d th e o ffic e m a n a g e r. the h ig h lig h t of her p e rform ance—
1 child w ith a new toy. "C a n you
S ir , ” he s a id , “ I 'd lik e to h a ve the fe a ture a ttra c tio n of A m e rica 's
rea lly m ake h e r do a trip le somer-
a week o ff.”
greatest circus. She was about to
I sault lik e m y s e lf? ”
W hat? ’ c rie d th e m a n a g e r. p e rfo rm her trip le som ersault, d e fy
" Y e s ," laughed Tony, “ b u t it
“ Y o u ju s t g o t b a ck fr o m a v a c a ing death, as she swung her lo ve ly,
The leading lady of the big top
is not easy. You m ust p ra ctice . Now
tio n .”
slim body through the top o f the
h u rtle d out and up to w a rd the
see." he said, pla cin g the toggle
B u t I w a n t to g e t m a r r ie d , ” tent. T here were no nets beneath!
roof.
| sticks in h e r hands as she c la m
re p lie d th e e m p lo y e e .
The slig h te st m iscue would spell
“ W h y d id n ’ t y o u g e t m a r r ie d in sta n t death fo r the in tre p id A n Tony s plan to assemble the m in ia bered onto the p la tfo rm beside him .
“ When you m ove thees one so, the
w h ile you w e re on y o u r v a c a tio n ? ” nette.
tu re circu s on a Sunday when the arm s and legs do y o u r beeding.
“ W e ll, I d id n 't w a n t to s p o il m y
show
would
be
la
y
in
g
over.
He
had
W ith the 4,000 spectators, Tony
When you m ove thees one so,” he
v a c a tio n ,” w a s th e r e p ly .
stared upw ard as the drum s again planned how he would In vite A n indicated the o th e r stick, “ the head
began* th e ir om inous ro ll, and A n nette to see his new a ct!
and body m ove at yo u r c o m m a n d .”
nette floated out on her sw inging
“ W hat if she won’t com e?” he
Annette m oved the sticks a w k
! bar. A s ile n t pause! Then the d rum s thought. But su re ly she would not
w a rdly, and the lit t le d o ll g y ra te d
increased th e ir pace fu rio u sly, and refuse this sim p le request.
The w ild ly in h e r hands. In h e r e ffo rt
the leading la d y o f the b ig top thoughts raced through his m in d
to disentangle the puppet, she be
h u rtle d out and up to w a rd the roof, as he watched the o b je ct o f his
came involved in the strings. T ony
her body re v o lv in g once—
a ffection leave the tent.
reached around h e r shoulders to
“ T ah -a h -a h -a h a h -a h -a h r u m p ! ”
S low ly he arose fro m the grass
straig h te n up the entanglem ent,
beat the drum s.
He would w a it u n til she had changed when she raised h e r face, b ru sh
T w ice — "Tah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah- her costume. Then he would go to in g his chin w ith her soft h a ir.
ru m p !"
the mess tent. He knew the exact H e r love ly fe m in in e fra g ra n c e held
Three tim es — “ Tah-ah-ah-ah-ah- m om ent when x h i w ould en ter fo r T ony entranced, and a ctin g im
1 a h -a h -ru m p !”
her evening m eal. A fte r an in te rv a l p u lsive ly, he kissed h e r upturned
j She m et the b a r sw in g in g out to th a t seemed lite r a lly hours to Tony, lip s
little Va-tro-nol
in each nostril quickly opens up
“ Plees, forgeev me, I . . .
I
her w ith p e rfe ct p recision, and in a Annette came in to the d in in g tent.
nasal passages to relieve s tu ffy
• . ■” he stam m ered. B ut A nnette
trice , stood upon the p la tfo rm on Shyly he approached her.
transient congestion Invites rest
fu l sleep Relieves s n lffly , sneezy
the opposite side, s m ilin g down on ‘ «L-.XCOOS, please. Signorina An- was not angry. R a th e r she seemed
distress of head colds Follow direc
pleased E v e r so tenderly, she cud-
the vast sea of faces below.
1
nette . . .”
tions ln the package. T ry It!
"O h. M 's ie u r F ra g io tto ,” trille d i died against Tony, and speaking
A g re a t " A h . . . .” o f re lie f es
1 so ftly, she said:
caped fro m the crow d, and then the Annette, “ and how are you today?”
“ B ut, Tony, little Annette is s till
applause resounded throughout the Tony was p le asantly surprised that
j tent.
the circu s queen knew who he was. a ll tangled up. She w ill surely nev
“ I f the lady has the little m in e r m ake the som ersault i f you do
| T ony sat entranced as Annette
I n o t help m e ."
acknowledged the p la u d its o f the ute,” he stam m ered, " I —Antonio—
IF YOU WERE A W AVE,
T on y's h e a rt was m a k in g __
i m u ltitu d e .
Then she q u ic k ly slid have created the new poppets They
som ersaults now, as once again he
down the rope to the ground, took are the p a irfo rm a irs of c irc u s ," he
W AC, M ARINE or SPAR
p u t his arm s about her. Then the
several g ra ce fu l bows, and scam p m outhed the words c a re fu lly in his
w ords came p o u rin g fo rth . . . th«
ered to w a rd the exit. A lready the broken English. "1 would like,
w ords he "had w hispered to the pup
w hat
p e rfo rm e rs and horses were pour please the advice of the Signorina
pet Annette
about
th
e
m
!"
in g Into the tent fo r the grand
“ Oh. m y b e a u tifu l A n n e tte ,” ht
N u rs in g
“ How ve ry c h a rm in g ." laughed
fin a le ; but T on y watched only the
sighed, "these long month» I have
m ovem ent o f the raven-haired beau Annette w ith a toss o f her dark
."
o ffe rs
h a ir, arid a m e rry tw in k le o f the loved you I never dream ed .
ty. Annette.
b u t his w ords were lost, fo r An
sp
a
rklin
g
,
blue
eves
“
I
would
be
T w ice each day he came to the
P e r n e tte 's lo ve ly face was lifte d to
m ain tent to w atch the sta r o f the delighted. M 'sie u r F ra g io tto .
— ■»i education trailing to R- N.
haps
you
could
show
them
to
me his. and her w a rm th and beauty
high swings How his h eart yearned
engulfed h im as he kissed her long
— m ore o p p o rtu n itie s every year in
to
m
o
rro
w
when
we
have
no
per
fo r the little F rench actress, but
and te n de rly.
hoapital«, piihlj«- health, etc.
fo
rm
a
n
ce
?
"
I Annette was e n tire ly unaware of
And
A nnette— the d o ll—sorrier
— »»nr allow ance u m le r the G . I. B ill
Thai is » h a t I »'as th e en kin g ," saulted again and again at the end
I his a ffection fo r her.
o f Kitfhi» often ro vers y a w en tire
said
Tony.
"
I
w
ill
have
them
as-
T ony
was b ille d as Anthony
o f her tangled strings.
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He was p a rt o f the sideshow, and
had been w ith the circus about six
m onths, jo in in g them two m onths
before they le ft w in te r quarters.
Tony was in love w ith Annette
But the shy lad from Vicenza
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scarcely dared speak to the star of
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those ro llin g plains »hen a boy.
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y p a tfo n
"O D A Y on the road 1 met H im .
The very same Jesus who trod
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The old, old lanes and the highways
On His beautiful errands for God.
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I was troubled and heart sick and weary
W ith a load too heavy to bear,
I cried aloud in my weakness
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And suddenly He was there.
When Tony was big enough to as-
sist his fa th e r in the m a n ip u la tio n
o f the gayly-costum ed dolls, they
i tra ve le d to Vicenza, Como, and
even Padua to present the F ra g io t
to puppets at the street ca rn iva ls.
Then the w a r had com e' H ie
F ra g io tto fa m ily had gone under
ground when the G erm ans flowed In
to Ita ly E v e n tu a lly Tony had come
»0 A m e rica. And w ith h im he had
brought his precious puppets
He
found w ork as a fa rm hand in Penn
sylva n ia w here he e xh ib ite d his
puppets one evening at a Red Cross
benefit show Not long a fte r that
n ig h t, the c ir ru s agent had eon
tacted h im . and he »as on his way
to the circu s q u a rte rs.
T
he
pa r t o f the
on
w hich
mpi
His gentle hand on my shoulder
Was liftin g the burden from me.
And He dried my tears, and 1 knew Him ,
It was Jesuj o f Galilee:
N o different at all from the Master
O n the Jericho toad that day.
N o different at all from the Striout
Along the Samaria way,
And I ara so glad that I met H im l
I knelt and I called out His name.
And I ara so grateful I found Hun
Unchanged and forever the t i m e
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