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top. So she went to the top seat and got comfortably located. 

 She watched wjth intense interest the grand entry. After the 

 parade the first thing on the program was a mind reader. He 

 was blindfolded until he couldn't see anything, and a quilt was 

 hung on a pole in the ring right in front of where she sat. The 

 mind reader sat on one side of the quilt and the clown on the 

 other with a deck of cards, and he pulled out a card from the 

 deck and held it up and said to the mind reader, ''What's that?" 

 He answered, ''That's the King of Diamonds." "That's right," 

 says the clown. He then held up another and says, "What's 

 that?" "The Jack of Clubs," says the mind reader, and the 

 clown said "Right you are." A little commotion on the top seat 

 attracted the attention of those below, and they looked around 

 and noticed the old maid seemed a little restless as well as show- 

 ing surprise. The clown pulled out another card and held it up 

 so that all could see, and he said, "What's that?" and the mind 

 reader answered, "The Queen of Hearts ;" and again could be 

 heard the stentorian voice of the clown saying, "Right you are." 

 Then the crowd turned around to see what the commotion was, 

 and the old maid, the picture of fright and distress, was scram- 

 bling down from her seat as fast as she could, and when she 

 reached the ground she started for the exit, saying, "I'm going 

 home — this is no place for a woman where there is a man who 

 can see through as many clothes as that man can." I'm not sure 

 whether this is any place for me where there are so many men 

 that can see through so many intricate and scientific questions 

 as are here. 



The Trail of the Lonesome Cow is the Pathway of Prog- 

 ress. It's 'a history replete with the most thrilling incidents and 

 coupled with it is the history of the darkest days in the annals 

 of time and the realization of the fondest hopes and brightest 

 dreams. It has coupled with it the achievements of men: The 

 redemption of waste places, the transformation of empires, the 

 destruction of a great city, the prevention of panics, the civiliza- 

 tion of nations, the making of laws and the control of the polit- 

 ical complexion of many sections. She has been prominent in 

 art, conspicuous in medjcine, the very emblem of Peace and 

 Plenty. Beloved by the children whose godmother she is ; the 



