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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1901)
I. A boy \vas born 'mid little things , Between a little world and sky And dreamed not of the cosmic rings Round which the circling planets fly. He lived in little works and thoughts , Where little ventures grow and plod , And paced and ploughed his little plots And prayed unto his little god. But , as the mighty system grew , His faith grew faint with many scars ; The Cosmos widened in his view But God was lost among the stars. II. Another boy , in lowly days As he to little things was born , But gathered lore in woodland ways , And from the glory of the morn. As wider skies broke on his view , God greatened in his growing mind ; Each year he dreamed his God anew , And left his older God behind. He saw the boundless scheme dilate , In star and blossom , sky and clod , And as the universe grew great , He dreamed for it a greater God. Sam Walter Foss. A Chronicle of the Sawdust. IV > BY FLORENCE KINGSTON HOFF MAN. ( Copyright. 1901 , by Dally Story Pub. Co. ) Few people peeping within the quiet room where little Mrs. Cronin rocked her sick baby could have recognized her as the original of the flaming post ers with which the town was literally plastered. These portrayed a highly colored female standing erect upon two ferocious lions with the Stars and Stripes waving above her head. Yet they were meant for her , and like the renowned Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde , j Mrs. Cronin lived two different lives as widely antipodal as theirs. Plain Marie Blee , before her marriage , though known to the circus world as Mile. Terephine Bellefontaine , she had been as proud as a queen to become Mrs. Cronin , for though all of ner col leagues voted Jim a slow one and a very poor match for the brilliant mademoiselle , it was just that veiy stolidly and tranquil affection which most endeared him to his little wife. \ \ \ Jim was a keeper in Robinson's Gi gantic Menagerie , and day after day he went patiently on with his work , cleaning the animals' cages and doling out their rations , without one single yearning in his honest soul for any more ambitious position , while he did it all so quietly that the savage brutes heeded his presence no more than that of the flies buzzing through their cages. He and Marie were married in the spring and had been blissfully happy for a year on Jim's modest earnings , which , though not munificent , were amply sufficient for their simple needs , but when the blue-eyed baby came to Wv YjU * l r "Oh , Take Them Away ! " The Original of the Flaming Posters , complete their happiness , Marie found in this new responsibility a stimulus for further activity , and when the lit tle boy was five months old , she in sisted in spite of Jim's protests on go ing back to her work. Little Jimmy was a sturdy chap whenever never gave them a moment's anxiety ; they got a good woman to take care of him , and with her mind thus re lieved , Marie fell back naturally into her old lines , though Diabolo and Cer berus , her former charges , proved less tractable than of yore , having been used for a year and a half to the bru tal ferocity of Signor Baratti , recently dismissed for drunkenness ; but she got on pretty well after a time , the lions learned once more to obey her milder methods , and as she snatched little Jimmy to her breast each day after the performance , every kiss upon his rosy cheeks encouraged her to work on for his dear sake. During her performances Jim was never very far away , for those were his off-duty moments , aad though two big guards stood always at the gate of the lion cage , whose interference had never yet been necessary , it seemed to the honest fellow that his whole happiness hung by a single thread , and in his loving heart truly he died daily. And now the baby had fallen ill and though his nurse assured them it was nothing serious and that spasms were quite common with teething children , Marie felt as she watched the little form lying quite still across her knees , or again twitching convulsively while her heart almost stopped beating , that she simply couldn't leave him. But , alas ! When she presented her self before Mr. McGrath , sole man ager and proprietor of the show , one glance into his fishy little eyes con vinced her in advance that any appeal to his sympathy would be useless. "Leave ye off from the matinay , is it ? Now , I'm awful sorry , Mrs. Cronin , but It ain't to be thought of. 'Biz is biz , ' that's my motto. You and them lions is my most drawin' card , and if 'twas to git about you wasn't goin' to perform , we might as well close the circus , for we shouldn't take in a fiver " here he spat copiously and conclusively. "I'm real sorry the kid is sick , " he added , seeing her whiten and tremble before him , "but I guess he'll pull through , and you ain't in the ring over a half hour any way. " How could she explain to this man that her courage was all gone , that every nerve in her body seemed to quiver and snap , he wouldn't under stand , and with a sickly faintness stealing over her , she dragged herself round to the dressing tent and strug gled to get into her gaudy tights. Mother Meachin , who took charge of the wardrobes , eyed her pityingly. She'd had children herself long ago , and as she saw how Marie shook and trembled , and hearing the band , knew mat in a few minutes more she would be called , she pressed a fiat , black bottle tle upon her , saying , with real kind ness : "Take a swallow , dearie ; it'll heart en ye up a bit ; you are all shakin' like a leaf. " But Marie , after only a sip , thrust it from her , saying , faintly : "No , sank you , Mozzer Meachin ; it make me but more seek , " and then as the well-known music struck up and she knew that her hour had come , the old woman heard her whisper to herself : "Oh ! bon Dieu des Miserables , pro- tege-moi de ces betes feroces pour 1'a- mour de ton Fils unique , " thus she prayed. As she bounded into the lion cage , with feet that felt heavy as lead , she noticed that , for the first time , both guards were absent , and once more the deadly nausea seemed to steal over her. But Jim was there , and he smiled encouragingly. She struggled to overcome this hitherto unknown fear , and prepared to put the lions through their paces. Cerberus was tractable enough , but Diabolo , always uncertain in his tem per , was unusually impatient this aft ernoon. But the performance went on to all intents and purposes just as usual , and with heartfelt thankfulness Marie braced herself for the last feat , a wild dance over and among the lions , ending in a final tableau as she unfurled the Stars and Stripes to the tune of "Hail Columbia. " She gave a cut with her whip to force the lions into recumbent posi tions , when just as she made her first pose between them , a huge mastiff , which , unnoticed by its owner , had been creeping nearer and nearer to the cage , now sprang at the bars , bark ing fiercely. If you have ever seen this happen as I have , you already foresee the result ; if not , I can hardly picture to you the wild fear , panic and the fury of the lious. Still and trembling for one lirief In stant , they rushed at each other and , before Marie could change her posi tion , she lost her balance and fell heavily against the bars while the shock dislodged the tiny pistol always 'n her belt , and flung it far beyond her reach. Then the lions turned upon her , their eyes wild with fury. "Cerberus , Diabolo , " she shouted , as she struck at them with her whip , trying in vain to fix them with her eyes. But It was useless. Three times they chased her round the cage while the audience held their breath. "The guards ! " gasped the people , "Oh ! God , the guards , " their absence being now noticed for the first time. Ah ! but the audience had forgotten Jim ! Snatching the long-handled fork ( kept for emergency ) , he dashed at the cage , jabbing and prodding the lions with its stinging prongs. Nothing but the knowledge that he must be outside the cage-door to open it for Marie , kept him from dashing in among the lions , whom he seemed to fear no more than ants. Then , as for one instant driven to the end of the cage , they turned again upon Marire , Jim flung the door wide open she dashed out and the heavy iron swung to again , but not before Diabolo's claws had fastened upon Jim , ripping his arm open from shoulder to wrist , and almost tearing it from its socket. As he sank upon the ground a bleeding , unconscious mass , Mr. McGrath and the delinquent guards hurried to the spot. The audience rose to a man , and for a moment panic seemed inevitable. But the thought in every mind that il was probably all over for Jim , did more to quiet them than the efforts of the manager , and as several doctors hurried from the crowd , and Jim on a hastily improvised litter , was borne from the tent , followed by Marie , her self bleeding from several wounds , the tinsel and gauze almost torn off her back , many women and even men sobbed aloud. When the lacerated arm had been dressed and the fractured shoulder set. the doctors turned their attention to Marie , telling her that it might have been so much worse , for though Jim's left arm would be useless for many months ( they feared , though they never hinted it , forever ) , his iron con stitution and sober habits would has ten and insure his recovery. Marie's injuries were mere flesh wounds , painful , but in no wise dan- gereous , and though the doctors mo mentarily expected a total nervous col lapse , she pulled herself together in a way marvelous * to behold , seeming to have eyes , ears and thoughts for no one but Jim. The next day , as Jim lay faint and weak but conscious upon his bed , with Marie sitting beside him and Jimmy's cradle close by , Marie said , bravely : "It is zat you are now to worry about nossing , my Jim , me , I will work for bose while you and ze bebe get well. " Jim smiled faintly , as she leaned over him lovingly , but his well hand closed with astonishing strength over hers , as she said firmly : "That's as it may be , Marie , but you'll have to work at something else , for though I've lost one arm , maybe , I've still got the other , and you and me has quit the circus business for good. No , " as she seemed about to interrupt him , "I've said my say , and though I don't put my foot down often , it's down this time for keeps. " And it was just at this juncture that their good landlady handed Marie a letter addressed to Jim in a queer , un formed hand , and while Marie held it for him , Jim , with difficulty , read as follows : I'm a plain feller and no saint , but I do admire a brave man when I meet him , and I never see a neater Job than ye done yesterday. I hear the gal's yer wife , and If ye ever leave her do the lion act again I say ye don't deserve to keep her. As ye may be a bit short till ye git goin' again , I enclose a trifle which I shan't never miss from a pile I made on the trak last week. And ye Jabbing and Prodding. needn't never try to thank me , fer I shall be miles away when ye git this letter from A FRIEND. 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