CHAPTER XII. 



My Travels Abroad. 



I am not exactly a globe trotter, but Master has given me a 

 foreign education and taken me abroad considerably. I shall 

 never forget my debut at the Crystal Palace, London, and the 

 pretty compliments given me by the tremendous crowds that came 

 to see me and vuondered at my exhibition of human knowledge. 

 Master was pleased and I was proud to be able to delight so many 

 thousands. We went to the Jardin des Plantes in Berlin and re- 

 peated our successes there. It was the same everywhere. Men 

 patted me and stroked my mane and said pretty things, and the 

 women hugged me and kissed me and acted a little more excited 

 than I liked. I looked at Master and he looked at me, but didn't 

 say anything. He seemed to be amused. I just wondered if he 

 wouldn't have been glad to change places with me. 



In all my travels I was never greatly alarmled and frightened 

 but once. It was at Chicago, when Master took me to Hyde 

 & Beman's Theatre. We had a date there. It was the old 

 Iroquois Theatre, that burned with such appalling loss of human 

 life. Oh, but I was nervous. Master couldn't help noticing my 

 agitation. He looked worried too. But when I got my cue to go 

 on I pulled myself together and made a dash for the footlights. 

 I stood on my hind feet and bowed and courtesied until the whole 

 audience applauded like thunder. And then Trixie was herself 

 again. If I could have talked I would have told Master that I was 

 an actress born and would not lower the dignity of the profession. 

 When I concluded my act I was surprised to see so many grand 

 people come behind the scenes to look at me. I guess they imagined 

 I was a hobby-horse, worked by some strange mechanism. Well, 

 I imagine they know better now. 



They all thought it strange that I could designate colors. That's 

 easy as kicking a hole in the sky. Say, I want to tell you something 

 before I forget it. You know I tell the number of people in a row 

 of seats, the most beautiful woman there, the color of her dress, hat, 

 etc. And then Master asks how many of the men are good-looking 



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