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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online -at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you -are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this eBook. -</div> - -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: A story of the sawdust, Multum in parvo library, vol. 3, no. 25, January, 1896</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:1em;'>The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Anonymous</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: November 14, 2022 [eBook #69349]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.)</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A STORY OF THE SAWDUST, MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY, VOL. 3, NO. 25, JANUARY, 1896 ***</div> - -<div class="figcenter illowp49" style="max-width: 58.6875em;"> - <img id="coverpage" class="w100" src="images/cover.jpg" alt="Cover."> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="boxit"> -<p class="center xlargefont boldfont">PRICE 5 CENTS.</p> - -<hr class="full"> - -<h1 class="nobreak pminus1" style="margin-bottom:0em"><span class="xlargefont">A STORY OF</span><br> -THE SAWDUST.</h1> - -<hr class="r5"> - -<p class="center boldfont">The Pathetic History of “Old<br> -Props’” Darling.</p> - -<hr class="r5"> - -<p class="center boldfont">SHE DIED FOR HER LOVE.</p> - -<hr class="r5"> - -<p class="center boldfont">She met her Fate in New Zealand.—Ignorant, -Uncultured,<br> -Who is there who can Blame -Her?</p> - -<hr class="full"> - -<p class="center xlargefont">MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY.</p> - -<p class="center">Entered at Boston Post Office as second -class matter. Published by A. B. Courtney, -Room 45, 74 Milk Street, Boston.</p> - -<div class="center"> -<p class="displayinline xlargefont" style="vertical-align:top">Vol. 3.</p> -<p class="displayinline center" style="vertical-align:top; margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em">January, 1896.<br> -Published Monthly.</p> -<p class="displayinline xlargefont" style="vertical-align:top">No. 25</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">Subscription Price, 50 Cents Per Year.</p> -</div></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum">[2]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak">A STORY OF THE SAWDUST.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Her mother was a slack-wire performer in the -circus, and Patty was born in that part of the -dressing-room reserved for the feminine talent, -the privacy of which was a pleasant piece of fiction -due to the strip of canvas that “Old Props” -stretched across the tent in the centre. Immediately -behind the “wall” the male performers -struggled into pink tights, smoked cigarettes and -streaked the air with loud-mouthed oaths, regardless -of the proximity of the ladies, whose own -language, to tell the truth, was none too choice.</p> - -<p>Patty came into the world somewhat unexpectedly. -Her parent, the only one she ever knew, -had been seized with a sudden dizziness right in -the middle of her great balancing act and had -fallen heavily in the ring, from which she was tenderly -carried to the ladies’ dressing-room, where, -two hours later, on a hastily improvised bed of -elephant trappings, camel coverings and spangled -suits, snatched from the property wardrobe, a little -mite of humanity was ushered into the world -amid the roaring of the lions, the hoarse bleat of -the hippopotamus, and the savage trumpetings of -the elephants in the menagerie adjoining.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum">[3]</span></p> - -<p>From her birth Patty was a great favorite with -Old Props, who, in the absence of a legitimate -father, constituted himself the male protector of -the petite girl baby, whose tiny fingers toyed carelessly -with the grizzled, brick-dusty beard of the -gruff circus man whenever he took her in his arms. -For Patty was raised with the circus. When she -was two weeks old her mother resumed her “act” -on the slack wire and from that time until her -death, which occurred when Patty was ten years -old, the little girl lived almost continuously in the -atmosphere of the sawdust ring.</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp58" style="max-width: 40.625em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i007.jpg" alt=""> - <div class="caption"><p class="center">“OLD PROPS.”</p></div> -</div> - -<p>Patty was a veritable daughter of the arena. At -a very tender age she had been taught to balance -herself on the back of a horse, and when her -mother died her education in bareback riding had -so far progressed that she was billed as an infant -prodigy, and was the source of endless entertainment -to the youngsters of every town visited by -the circus. Old Props was her guardian, a duty -that he had willingly assumed when Patty’s -mother died, leaving her daughter to his care. It -must be confessed that Patty’s education in the -polite arts was sadly neglected. Her grammar -was atrocious, and her knowledge of things in -general, not germane to the circus, was deplorably -slim. But her professional studies were pursued -with so much earnestness and avidity that<span class="pagenum">[4]</span> -before she was in her teens her daring riding produced -a genuine sensation, and the advent of -“Mdle. Patti,” as she was known to the public, -was always the signal for a burst of applause, to -which the young equestrienne responded with one -of her most bewitching smiles.</p> - -<p>Although fully up to the latest slang phrases, -Patty was by no means vicious, and only reflected -what she had imbibed, since as a tiny toddler of -three she had been lifted on the trick pony’s back -by careful Old Props and jogged around the track, -her merry eyes ablaze with delight, her baby voice -echoing the Hi! Ya! Hi! Ya! of the property boys -who clustered around the ring. In spite of her -surroundings Patty’s mind was remarkably pure. -The coarse jokes of the men and the covert allusions -of the women seemed to leave no taint in -their wake, while her naive expressions were a -constant delight to Old Props, who secretly exulted -in the innocence of his protegee and jealously -guarded her from the insidious advances of those -in whom the baser passions were uppermost.</p> - -<p>Patty was <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">sui generis</i>. Of the world beyond the -circus she was totally ignorant. If she had a passion -it was for gay dresses and stunning jewelry, -while the “bravas,” elicited from an admiring -audience, was the sweetest music that her ears -ever knew. At the age of seventeen she was a<span class="pagenum">[5]</span> -strikingly beautiful girl, overflowing with animal -spirits and enjoying perfect health, a robust young -goddess to whom all the other sawdust subjects -paid homage. Hers was a beauty that lacked -soul, however. Patty, poor girl, had never known -the refining influences of a home and the effect of -her environment was potent to the close observer. -Love was something foreign to her nature; that is -the love born of a tender passion. For Old Props -she possessed a strong sense of gratitude and a -sort of filial affection, but for the genuine article -she seemed to be incapable of its entertainment.</p> - -<p>When Patty was eighteen the circus to which -she was attached arranged for a tour of the Australian -continent, and at San Francisco the “main -guy” engaged a lot of fresh talent, some of the -old-timers not relishing the salt water voyage. -Several of these new performers were adepts in -their particular lines, and one was especially so, -as Old Props had bitter cause to remember. The -circus showed all through New Zealand with remarkable -financial success and Patty won unbounded -honors from the colonials, and was, besides, -the life of the troupe. It was at this period—perhaps -the semi-tropical climate was partially -responsible for it—that Patty was the recipient of -numerous proposals for her hand, both from within -and without the circus. But each new suitor<span class="pagenum">[6]</span> -was received in much the same manner. A merry -laugh spoiled all their sentimental speeches; they -were referred to the ringmaster; she excused herself -on the plea of practising a new jig-step for -the side-show, or with the utmost unconcern declined -the offer and went on feeding the monkeys -in the menagerie as if nothing unusual had happened -to disturb her tranquility. On one occasion -when Old Props was leading her horse around the -ring while the clown was working the risibilities -of the audience she received a most impassioned -proposal from one of the balloon holders who was -assisting her in her “act” and near whom the -horse was halted just as the clown reached the -climax of his joke. The offer came during the -yelling of the delighted colonials, the sharp snapping -of the ring-master’s whip and the eccentric -tumbling of the professional joker, but for all that -it was a fervid appeal. Yet her sole answer was a -derisive laugh as she spurred on her horse with a -“Hi! ya,” and the next minute she was jumping, -not into her suitor’s arms, but through the paper -balloon he held outstretched in his hand.</p> - -<p>But Patty’s days of freedom were rapidly diminishing, -and before the troupe reached Melbourne -Old Props made a discovery that rendered -him very uneasy. At San Francisco the management -had engaged among others a handsome<span class="pagenum">[8]</span> -dashing young Apollo of perhaps twenty-five, -who was a perfect prodigy in his way. He was -considered the cleverest leaper, the most skillful -rider, and the best all-round man in the troupe, -and to crown all, he possessed a college education, -having, it is said, been graduated at Harvard. -His specialty was riding four horses bareback, -and owing to his prowess and fine presence -he was soon styled the “Adonis of the arena.”</p> - -<p>It was not until the circus had unloaded at -Auckland, N. Z., and had toured through the -middle island that Patty seemed cognizant of the -young fellow’s varied attractions, but before long -she began to manifest in many ways her approval -of his society, much to the dismay of her -guardian, who scented trouble from the outset. -The young Adonis of the ring was quick to discover -the interest he had awakened, and deliberately -applied himself to the task of winning -Patty’s affections. By a hundred delicate attentions -and insinuating ways, such as Patty, poor -child, had never known in her previous career, he -paved his way into her good graces and aroused -in her that feeling which lies latent in the soul of -every maiden, but which few would have supposed -Patty possessed.</p> - -<p>It was to this heartless scamp that Patty unreservedly -lost her heart. To the warnings of Old<span class="pagenum">[9]</span> -Props, who, better versed in human nature, penetrated -her lover’s evil designs, the girl returned -an indignant protest, and for a time there was a -coolness between the two that grieved the old -property man sorely. Those whom Patty had -snubbed now began to take a mean revenge by -sneeringly alluding to her love affair and hinting -that all was not as it should be. Their remarks -when made in the hearing of Old Props drove him -nearly frantic, and for several weeks he was so -ugly and crabbled that he was unbearable and -even the main guy was compelled to reprimand -him for his surliness. As the affair progressed -Patty gradually lost all interest in her former -amusements, and even her little pet monkey in -the menagerie was wholly neglected. Instead of -lingering before his cage to pet and caress him as -was her wont, she now hurried by to meet her -lover, utterly oblivious of the tiny outstretched -paw or head cunningly askew waiting for its accustomed -caress. Poor “Mimi,” like Old Props, -was forgotten.</p> - -<p>That grizzled veteran knew too well how it would -end. As the weeks grew into months, and the -foreign tour was drawing to a close, Old Props, -who watched Patty closer than any mother would -her child, saw with poignant regret how changed -the girl had become. Seldom was heard the old,<span class="pagenum">[10]</span> -mellow, ringing laugh that was wont to cheer his -seared and toughened heart, and the former -jaunty step and vivacious air had completely -vanished. Yet to her guardian, who ached to -receive her confidence, Patty never vouchsafed a -word.</p> - -<p>It was at Wagga Wagga, in Australia, noted as -the residence of the once-famous Tichborne claimant, -that Patty was taken ill, caused by over-exertion -in the ring, and a doctor who was called -imperatively forbade her proceeding any further. -The circus was then on its way to Sydney from -Melbourne, overland, and as the vessel on which the -return journey was to be made was due to sail on a -certain day the management was compelled to -leave Patty behind to follow on later. With the -circus went the contemptible wretch who was the -cause of her undoing, and when Old Props, who -remained to take care of his darling, told poor -Patty of the fellow’s heartlessness, she gave a -great gulp and then hid her face on the old man’s -breast and cried as she had never cried before. -Her whole pitiful story was unfolded in that bitter, -heartbroken wail.</p> - -<p>Patty was very ill for many weeks, during which -time Old Props was her sole and constant attendant. -But the girl never rallied, and when her -baby was born, long after the circus was back in<span class="pagenum">[12]</span> -the States, she had barely strength left to turn -her head to gaze at the innocent mite. It was a -poor, weak, sick specimen, that lived for a few -days only, and then its light went quietly out with -scarcely a perceptible struggle. There were no -tears in Patty’s eyes when her dead baby was -lifted to her face by the kind sister to receive a -farewell kiss, but when Old Props returned from -the sad task of laying the little one away he was -alarmed at the ghastly change in Patty’s pinched, -wasted features, and realized that in a few days -at the farthest she would rejoin her babe.</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp54" style="max-width: 40.625em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i011.jpg" alt=""> - <div class="caption"><p class="center">THE DEATH-BED.</p></div> -</div> - -<p>Poor, ignorant little Patty! Surely her sin will -not be visited on her head in the great hereafter, -but rather on the one who deliberately led her to -ruin. She lies in the quiet little cemetery adjoining -the English church at Wagga Wagga, in the -same grave with her baby, a plain white stone -erected by her heartbroken guardian marking the -spot where she is at rest. As for Old Props, he -will never go out with the red wagon again.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">What He Thought.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>“Sometimes,” sighed the man who is wedded -to a woman with a mind of her own, “I think my -wife must take me for a pneumatic tire, the way -she is blowing me up all the time.”—Boston Transcript.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum">[13]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak">Thought She Was Safe.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Judge—Your age?</p> - -<p>Lady—Thirty years.</p> - -<p>Judge (incredulously)—You will have some difficulty -in proving that.</p> - -<p>Lady (excitedly)—You’ll find hard to prove the -contrary, as the church register which contained -the entry of my name was burned in the year -1845.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">His Tale of Woe.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>The little boy was crying and his tears touched -the heart of the charitably inclined lady; he was -so small and seemed to be in such distress.</p> - -<p>“Don’t cry, little boy,” she said, soothingly. -“Dry your eyes and tell me what the trouble is. -Did some of the big boys hurt you?”</p> - -<p>“No’m,” replied the waif, still sobbing.</p> - -<p>“Are you sick or hungry?” she persisted.</p> - -<p>“No’m.”</p> - -<p>“Did your father beat you for something?”</p> - -<p>“No’m, but he will.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, that’s the trouble, is it?”</p> - -<p>“Yes’m.”</p> - -<p>“Well, it’s a shame,” she exclaimed, angrily. -“Why will he beat you?”</p> - -<p>“’Cause I lost ten cents.”</p> - -<p>“Did he send you to buy something with it?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum">[14]</span></p> - -<p>“Yes’m.”</p> - -<p>“And you lost it on the way?”</p> - -<p>“Yes’m.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, well, I guess we can fix that,” she said in -her kindly way, as she took a dime from her purse -and handed it to the boy. “Now he won’t beat -you, will he?”</p> - -<p>“No’m.”</p> - -<p>“What did he send you to buy with it?”</p> - -<p>“Beer.”</p> - -<p>“Beer!” The good lady gasped at the thought.</p> - -<p>“Yes’m.”</p> - -<p>“And how did you lose it?”</p> - -<p>“Matchin’ pennies.”</p> - -<p>Before she had sufficiently recovered to demand -the return of her dime the boy was gone.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">He Knew the Place.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>The man with his coat collar turned up and his -hat pulled down over his eyes, who was slouching -alone in the shadow of the buildings, suddenly -beckoned to the man on the other side of the -street.</p> - -<p>“Here’s a graft, Bill,” he said when the other -had crossed over.</p> - -<p>“Wot is?” asked Bill, gruffly.</p> - -<p>“This here house,” replied the first speaker. -“It’s just like finding things all fixed for you.<span class="pagenum">[15]</span> -Some bloomin’ idiot has gone away and left his -latchkey in the door.”</p> - -<p>Bill took a long look at the house and then shook -his head.</p> - -<p>“You kin have it,” he said. “I don’t want -nuthin’ to do with the game.”</p> - -<p>“Wot’s the matter?”</p> - -<p>“The feller wot lives here ain’t to be trusted. -He’s a low-down, mean, tricky cuss. He ain’t -got no feelin’s at all.”</p> - -<p>“D’ye know him?”</p> - -<p>“No; but I was here onct before, an’ I’m onto -his game. He left the key just like that before, -an’ I thought it was dead easy. I went up and -tried to turn it, an’ I thought I was bein’ electrocuted -sure.”</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">Johnny’s Apt Illustration.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Teacher (to class in philosophy)—What are the -properties of heat, Willie?</p> - -<p>Willie—The properties of heat are to bake, cook, -roast——</p> - -<p>Teacher—Stop—next. What are the properties -of heat?</p> - -<p>Johnny—The properties of heat is that it expands -bodies, while cold contracts them.</p> - -<p>Teacher—Very good. Can you give me an example?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum">[16]</span></p> - -<p>Johnny—Yes, sir. In summer, when it is very -hot, the day is long; in winter, when it is cold, it -gets to be very short.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">Easy Enough.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Tramp—Yes’m, it’s hard to break away from all -yer bad habits at once; but I’ve given up some of -’em.</p> - -<p>Lady—Which ones have you given up?</p> - -<p>Tramp—Well, mum, I don’t get shaved on Sunday -any more.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">A Tempting Offer.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>We will give either a $2.00 gold ring or a dozen -silver spoons to any person who sells a dollar’s -worth of our standard goods. They are needed in -every household and we will send you the outfit -when you send us your name and address. After -you have sold the goods, send us the dollar and -receive your gift. This is an honest offer for -honest people only. Address <span class="smcap">Rex Company</span>, 1111 -Arch St., <span class="smcap">Philadelphia, Pa.</span></p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">Superfluous Hair.</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Ladies who have superfluous hair will be happy -to know that I have a quick and sure remedy; -doesn’t leave the slightest trace, nor injure the -skin. I will send (securely sealed) a $1.00 bottle -Free to a few ladies in each locality. Write to -Mrs. <span class="smcap">J. De Vere</span>, P. O. Box 494, Philadelphia, Pa.</p> - -<hr class="tb x-ebookmaker-drop"> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="transnote"> -<h2 style="margin-top: 0em">Transcriber’s Notes:</h2> - -<p>Punctuation has been made consistent.</p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors -have been corrected.</p> -</div></div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A STORY OF THE SAWDUST, MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY, VOL. 3, NO. 25, JANUARY, 1896 ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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