A Pumpkin and a Prince 



and testing out various acrobatic 

 stunts; and thinking that we should 

 sing something just as "them reg'lar 

 show actors" did, I had spent that 

 last ten cents before the show left 

 town for a copy of the clown's own 

 song book. For some reason or other — 

 probably because I couldn't walk on 

 my hands or successfully negotiate a 

 big tight-rope — I was picked to sing a 

 song. So I promptly memorized the 

 one that had drawn the most applause 

 at the real circus. That's how I happen 

 to remember parts of it even now. The 

 music was, I suppose, an utter abomina- 

 tion and the lines pure doggerel of the 

 cheapest sort. But it was apparently 

 an appeal to one's better nature, each 

 verse bringing up at the end with a 

 long-drawn-out " S — o th — e — n !" lead- 

 ing into the chorus : 



" Do your best for one another 

 Making life a pleasant dream; 

 Help a worn and weary brother 

 Pulling hard against the stream." 



J 167] 



