. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. n they would go home andsell their mothers copper boiler to get moneyto pay their way in the show. Gee, but I havesaved lots of boys from a circus fate. Pa has an awful time in the hospital, causetwice a day the doctors strip him and pull amess of cactus thorns out of him, and he yellsand dont talk very pious. The doctor toldme I must try and think of something to di-vert pas mind from his suffering. So I got some telegraph blanks and envel-opes, and I have written messages from theshow managers, twice a day. The morningmessage would tell about the
. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. n they would go home andsell their mothers copper boiler to get moneyto pay their way in the show. Gee, but I havesaved lots of boys from a circus fate. Pa has an awful time in the hospital, causetwice a day the doctors strip him and pull amess of cactus thorns out of him, and he yellsand dont talk very pious. The doctor toldme I must try and think of something to di-vert pas mind from his suffering. So I got some telegraph blanks and envel-opes, and I have written messages from theshow managers, twice a day. The morningmessage would tell about the business of theday before, and how they missed pa. Then Iwould add something like this: The farmersaround Olathe are all inquiring for you, orThe farmers around Topeka wish you werehere, cause they want to give you a recep-tion, or About 2CX) farmers at Parsons thinkwe ought to let them in free, on account of be-ing old friends of yours. The last one brokepa all up. The message said: Many farmersfrom Atchison are going to come with us to296. Pa Jumped Like a Box Car. PECKS BAD BOY Kansas City to confer with you on an old mat-ter of business. Pa jumped like a box car oflfthe track, and wanted the doctors to send himto a hospital at St. Louis, and he told the doc-tors the reason, but they cheered him up bysaying that if any mob came to the hospitalafter him, they would hide him in the picklingvat, and make the mob believe he was is the way it stands now. But pa is notso darn happy as I have seen him, though Itry to do all I can to keep his mind off histrouble. I tell him as long as his conscienceis clear, he is all right, but he says: But, Hen-nery, thats the trouble; it aint clear. Well,let us have peace, at any price. 2g8 WITH THE CIRCUS CHAPTER Breaks in the Zebras and Drives a Six- in-Hand Team in the Parade—The Freaks Have a Narrow Escape from Drowning. Pa is stuck on the zebras. I do not knowwhat there is about a zebra unless it is thewall paper effects
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