. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. ot behind pa,and told him he must win the race, or the peo-ple of Scranton would mob him. For theyknew these races were usually fixed before-hand, but since he was to drive one of theteams, all his friends were betting on him, andif he pulled the team and let that livery stablelady win the race, they would accuse him ofgiving free tickets to get them in the showand skin them out of their money. Pa said to me: This race is going to beon the square, and you watch my smoke. Doyou think I would let that red-headed dishwasher beat me? Not on your life.
. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. ot behind pa,and told him he must win the race, or the peo-ple of Scranton would mob him. For theyknew these races were usually fixed before-hand, but since he was to drive one of theteams, all his friends were betting on him, andif he pulled the team and let that livery stablelady win the race, they would accuse him ofgiving free tickets to get them in the showand skin them out of their money. Pa said to me: This race is going to beon the square, and you watch my smoke. Doyou think I would let that red-headed dishwasher beat me? Not on your life. The play is to have a little boy kiss the maledriver good-by, and a little girl kiss thefemale driver good-by, as though they weretaking their lives in their hands. I had climbedup to pa and put my arms around his neck,and kissed him, and a girl kissed the female,when the gong sounded, and both four-horseteams made a jump, before I could get out ofthe chariot, so I got right in front of pa andpeeked over the dashboard of the chariot, and,126. Her Cart, Team and All Were Thrown Right Against theBand. PECKS BAD BOY gee, but didnt we fairly whizz by the poles,and the audience looked like a panorama. Pa got the pole and kept it, and we wentaround three times, and found the femalechariot ahead of us, cause pa had gone aroundtwice to her once. She turned out a littleright by the band-stand, and pa run his teamright inside her chariot and caught her wheel,and when he yelled to his team, her cart, team,and all were thrown right into the band,which scattered over the backs of the horses were all mixed up with the instru-ments, and the female driver was thrown intothe air and came down in a sitting positionright into the bass drum. She went rightthrough the sheepskin, so her head and handsand feet were all of her that remained outsidethe drum. She yelled for help and the circus handsrolled the drum, with her in it, into the dress-ing-room, where they had to cut the sidesof the
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