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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1935.

SERIAL STORY

DONNA BIG TOP

DEGIN, HERE, TO-DAY

by BEULAH

POYN

ke that. The handbill might come self aft the platitudes concerning love titat she hail ever heard in order to

DON À GABRIEL 4 MADELINE BID-in handy some day.

DAG who call themselves

Donna to continue the impersonation, m

Gabriel

brace up her waning courage." "All's „Hintera" are travesa performers with Renfroe's Secure In Intress. When Mairline's grandfather, who le

the knowledgu that fair in love and war." She did love blind, asks her to spend a week and at his Lebanon citizens would bo most Con; she loved him! Once married. Carn she ratio Donna te vo Instead, unlikely to see the Louisville nows to him, he would be hers forever, Donak, pretending to be stadine, falls in papers and that love with HILL BIÐDAL; Madeline's cousin.

concerning nothing CON DAVID, animal iraloor, is devoted er marriage would reach the ears

The chariot races ended. The to Thinna but she regards him merely as a of her grandfather, Madeline

hnd audience was shrilling,. Estend. Madeline loves Con and schemes to agreed to the public wedding. At atomping. Small boys whistled and and tooting win him.

Denna falla from the trapeze and is injured. Arst she considered naking to have gave eat calls. Then a brass band Madriine wires Bill to come for her and M Cabriel," but that would have called adjusted the long lace vell that foll tho Announcements rend, "Donna started the wedding march, Madeline takes Dating to the farm to recuperate. Mit for a great deal of explaining and in gracaful folds over her white satin FLANTE, the humsekreper, is suspicious if might get her into further dificulties gown, took a last glance at herself Madeline tolle Con that Donus is going to with Itenfree, just as refusal to do in the mirror, and then stepped out- marry Bill. When members of the elreus what he naked would have done, site where Renfroe, in Prince Albert gomato about Madeline and Con ho offers to Once married to Con. It would make coat and silk hat, waited to escort

small difference to Madeline what her to the aruna, Donna's position might be. The ceremony that tied her for, life to the man she adored was all that mattered. Con Had at first rebelled against making a "holy show" of himself. He wasn't ready to marry yet. He wasn't going to become a benedict before a lot of gawping yaps!

the girl.

marry her, belleving he has lost Deans.

CHAPTER XII

་

With $25 in his pocket, the result of two weeks' labour on the Siddal farm, Nub Planter considered hing self affluent and due for a period of rest. Much

against his mother's wishes, he set off on a tremp to the Kentucky metropolls and landed in Louisville the day that "Renfrog's. Monstrous Tree Ring Circus" was three days' engage due

to begin a ment.

Wandering along the main business section

of the city and sturing In shon windows, he was accosted by a aninli coloured boy who thrust a hand- Bill toward him.

for each bride. The tiny flower girls.

There were 12 bridesmaids-IX were midgets, dressed in tarintan ballet frocks. La Belle Matilde was matron of honor and Da Lucen was the best man,

Flowers were strewn over the sni- dust from the entrance to the raised. Renfroe argued that business was

centro platform. At the sound of a bad. They were to remain In Louis-Kong a huge wedding bell opened in the top of the tent and ribbon ville for three days, and something streamers, bearing the names, "Made- and to be tone to attract the publleline Gabriel" and "Con David" in huge A double wedding would be sure to gold letters, swayed in the fetid air, draw a crowd, especially If a cash set in motion by ginnt fans. prize, were attached to it.

Behind them the local bride giggled So Con consented. Renfroe was aestatiently and pinched the arm of sagacinus showman, but even he was her husband-to-be. surprised at the number of applicants to share honours with the animal Slowly the procession started, the "Saturday Afternoon in the Arena trainer and his bride, Ten couples flower-maids carrying Madeline's train Con David, King of Wild Beasts, Star appoured and offered to be married and the bridesmaids following. From of the Greatest Circus Earth,

rth, in the arena for the prize of $100 the other side of the arena came Con. and Madeline Gabriel, Superb, Beau and furnishings for an apartment. His face, now devoid of grease paint, tiful, Glorious Aerial Gymnast, Wilt Knowing the value of a laugh, Ron- was ashen,

Neb glanced at the green printed sheet, accepted it and, leaning against a building, read the following:

sands of Spectators! Who Will Join

the

He Married in the Presence of Thou-

of Thou- froe chose the most unprepossessing

The man waxi All of

circus performers Them? To the Young Couple wizen middle aged, almost a chuckled, but most of them

Who little in the group,

wizened und weil past. 60. The gathered about the et trance. Some Will Join Hands in Holy Matrimony

were

at the Same Time and at the Same riantess, with Raming red hair. An awed by the splendour of the occasion. Place the Management of Renfroe's itinerant preacher, badly in need of The fat indly sobbed audibly, explain- Colossal Three Ring Circus WIN 'Giya|funds, consented to perform the ing that she always went at weddings. $100 and Furnishings for a Four- ceremony.

A pair of bleary eyes above lips Room Apartment Let's Hear Fromi

drawn in an ugly snarl watched every the Boys

and Girls Who Will Have top was packed, byt Nub Planter When her hand, was placed in Con's

On Saturday afternoon the "big motion of the bro

bronze-haired girl. This Supreme Honour"

Only the first part of the announce was not one of the affectators. and her lips mumbled, "I do." a smo ment registered with Nub Planter,

thered oath escaped those lips. Their

Saturdaydal, was to be married not unmingled with fear. Suppose at

So Madeline Gabriel, who was really line was in a glow of anticipation, of the way and dashed from the tent. Throughout the performance Made-owner shaved another canvasman out afternoon! How could this the last moment Con should rebel and "jumped" the show and

That afternoon Ned Trafford be possible? Nub had left Madeline the ceremony, fall to take place! man berame boss canvasman.

a younger in a wheel chair in a farm house Just Had she been foolish to argue for the cutside of Lebanon only two weeks juble display? Would this ruin her after kissing his bride with before. Obviously she could not have chance of ever winning his love?

And that same night Con David, regained

more Use of her limbs in two

affection than he had hitherto shown, weeks, or rejoined the circus. Some And what if Donnu should insist informed her he was going to put her thing was wrong some place.

upon returning to the show and Con in his animal act and give the public. Nub decided that he would see the learned he had been trapped into something new in Thrills. elreus. He wanted to see The Wedd-marriage? Drasciine repented to Her-

(To Be Continued). ing ceremony and the girl who wis using Madeline's name. Since Nub's $26 had vanished, the only way he could secure a scut at the circus was to produce a bride and take part in the ceremony or else to find some sort of employment and earn enough for a' ticket.

all.

Nub's curiosity had been aroused. Maybe the dame who claimed to be Madeling wasn't Madeline at Or maybe the girl at the farm--but Mom would have seen through any effort at deception, even-if-the-blind- ald codger had been fooled. Nub, assured himself it was his duty to look into this. Yep, it was his duty.

of

It was three o'clock when he reached the fair grounds, leased for three days by Renfroe. The after- noon performance was in progress An Nub could hear shrieks faughter occasioned by clowns antics. Near the side show tents and the concessions sanli

groups had col- anmething for nothing that in pay- interested in getting ing for entertainment under the "big" top"

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Nub sauntered on, looking for more em ployment. By Roven o'clock evening he had the wherewithal to:

that buy a ticket for the show but, having remembered how he had wriggled under the canvas and dodged police- men in his youth, he tried the samo stunt again and found a scot (un- reserved) and settled into it without any qualms of conscience,

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