Circus in the woodsTHE CIRCUS
THE CIRCUS
Germaine was getting acquainted with a lot of dark-skinned little children, who looked chubby and well taken care of in their neat cotton dresses.
Their mother was a gipsy-like woman who had fancy baskets for sale, and she told Germaine she had nine children, which set Germaine to wondering how they all stowed themselves away in the one wagon. It was a big one, to be sure, divided into two rooms, and wonderfully compact, and as they sat and eat out-of-doors on the ground or the steps of their wagons, they could easily get on without tables and chairs.
Here Marie came running up with her cakes, which she divided among the little ones who gathered about her.
By this time they had got the desired permission to open up the circus on the square,and that afternoon our three little friends had the pleasure of seeing the horse that could find a hidden handkerchief, the performing dogs, and all the other wonders of the show.
The grand events of the fête were saved up for the last day. There were to be the sports in the afternoon, and a grand illumination and display of fireworks in the evening. The sports, in which the young boys were to take part, were held in the square. Jean was to participate in one of these, and was one of the first to be at the roped-in enclosure in the middle of which stood two high poles. Between these poles were hung a dozen or more tin buckets all filled with water, except the middle one. In this was a new five-franc piece. To each bucket was attached a string, and when a boy was blindfolded, and an enormous grotesque mask put over his head, it was a somewhat difficult task to walk up andto pull the string of the bucket which held the five-franc piece. Should he pull any of the others, down would tumble a pail full of water all over him, amid the laughter and jeers of the bystanders. Jean had talked for weeks beforehand how he would spend the five francs if he were fortunate enough to win it. He had in imagination bought most of the things in M. Carré's shop. Five francs, which is equal to one American dollar, was a big sum to a little French boy such as Jean.
"I do hope you will get it, Jean!" whispered Germaine; "remember to try and walk straight." Jean was so excited as he groped his way along he could not have told whether he was going backwards or forwards. "Oh, he will get it! Keep where you are! You're in the right place!" shouted Jean's friends, as they watched his hand touch the strings with indecision. Little Germaine held her breath. "Oh, he has done it!" she cried, jumping upand down and clapping her hands. "Marie, he has it!" as the bag with the five franc piece tumbled on top of his head.
Jean was the hero of the hour among the children, and some of his prize was soon spent at one of the booths onsucre du pomme, which was distributed lavishly among his admiring friends.Sucre du pomme, by the by, is a very nice candy made in sticks of various sizes from sugar and the drippings of the cider apples. Each stick is carefully wrapped in a pretty paper, and tied together, in bundles of six or a dozen, with bright ribbons.
Jean's father and M. Lafond took part in the men's sports on the river-front, but neither had Jean's luck. One feat was quite difficult. It was something like what children elsewhere know as "climbing the greasy pole," but in this case it was a bar that extended over the river, in which at regular intervals were placed, hanging downward, wooden pegs. These pegswere well greased, and one had to swing himself by his hands from one of these pegs to another in order to reach the extreme end of the bar, where was fastened a small bag of money. Well, you may imagine this was not easy to do, and generally about the third or fourth peg the participant would drop into the water with a splash, and be picked up by a waiting boat, to the intense amusement of the lookers-on, who thronged the banks of the river. After many trials, one venturesome fellow grabbed the bag just before he slipped off, taking it with him, however, into the water.
After this came the diving matches and the swimming contests, and then everybody got ready for the evening's grand wind-up. In the Belle Étoile all was bustle and confusion; the maids were flying about, for there were many visitors who had come in for the usualapéritif. The café was full, the gardens were filled up with extra tables, and M. Augustewas quite distracted in his endeavours to be polite and attentive to every one, besides stopping to take a glass with his friends, as was his custom. He had barely a moment to pat Germaine on the cheek, and to hear the story of Jean's success.
Mr. Carter, with the help of the young lady artists, was hanging lanterns in the front windows, and getting ready a big lot of Roman candles as the contribution of the visitors of the Belle Étoile to the evening's gaieties, while Mimi, the white cat, sat in the doorway regarding things with her usual lofty air of superiority.
As it grew dark, our two parties found themselves once more on the quay, amid a great throng of tourists, country folk, visitors in automobiles and farm carts, on bicycles, and in lumbering buses from out-of-the-way villages.
The prosaic little neighbourhood was changed for the night into a gorgeous panorama of lightand colour. The river banks burned with red, green, and white Bengal fires. Queer boats rigged with golden lamps, and sails of coloured lanterns, floated down the stream, and into the sky burst showers of gold and silver stars.
large house on a hillCHÂTEAU GAILLARD
CHÂTEAU GAILLARD
Suddenly there was heard a great boom, and from the top of Château Gaillard rose a red cloud of fire, and the old walls and turrets stood out red against the dark blue sky, a beacon for miles of country roundabout. It was a mimic reproduction of the destruction of the grand old castle many hundreds of years ago.
Germaine caught Marie's hand, it seemed so real. It seemed as if her cherished playground were crumbling away, and that never again could she picture the great king and his knights riding out of its massive gateway to do battle against its foes.
"Ah!MessieursandMesdames, is it not a wonderful sight; a grand occasion for ourcity?" The voice brought Germaine back to earth again. It was the indefatigable littlesous-Commissaire, the one policeman of the village, speaking to them. The little man had come unwearied and triumphant through the excitements of the great day. Ah! it was he who had managed it all so successfully! It was he who had kept order among the vast throng. No othersous-Commissairein all France could have done better, and the little man swelled with pride.
The light had faded off the château; the last rocket had been fired; the band of thepompiersplayed the "Marseillaise,"—the national air,—and the great event of the year for Petit Andelys was over.
Earlyone morning three of the happiest children in France were stowed away in the back of Mr. Carter's big automobile. They were still more delighted when Pierre, Mr. Carter's fine, black French poodle, jumped up on the seat beside him, looking very jaunty with his fore-locks tied up with a blue ribbon, and as complacent as if he was driving the auto himself.
"I thought we would go by way of La Roche-Guyon to Mantes and have lunch there, and then come back by way of Vernon; that ought to show you children a bit of the country," said Mr. Carter.
The children were ready for anything, andoff they went at a pace that nearly took away their breath.
They were soon flying through rolling farmlands, where the various crops were planted in such regular fields that they looked like a great patchwork quilt, with squares of green, yellow, and brown spread out for miles. There were no divisions by fences or hedges, except sometimes at each corner of a farm a small white stone marked the boundary. Suddenly, they slowed down.
"Here is something which always stops me," said Mr. Carter. "It is like running into a big spider's web."
A woman coming up the road was driving eight or nine cows, each attached to a long rope, which she held in her hand. It seemed like a maze to an outsider, but she drew in first one rope, and then twisted another, and pulled back another, until she finally got her charges to one side of the road.
The cows are taken out to pasture, where there are no regular fields where they may run loose. So they must be guarded in this manner, and when they have eaten one spot up clean, they are taken on to another.
Farther up the road two children were watching some goats on the side of the road, but in this case each goat's rope was tied to an iron stake which was driven in the ground, so the children could amuse themselves until it was time to move the animals on to a fresh bit of pasturage.
"Your horses wear gay clothes," said Mr. Carter, as they passed a great lumbering wagon, swung between two big wheels, drawn tandem-wise,—that is, one horse in front of the other,—by five heavy-limbed Norman horses.
Around their big clumsy wooden collars, which are usually painted in bright colours, was draped a dark blue sheepskin blanket. On their heads bobbed big tassels of blueand red, or blue, red, and yellow, which so dangled in their eyes that one wonders how they could see at all.
The leader was more finely dressed than the others. His neck-blanket had long stole-like ends, that hung almost to the ground, and an extra high collar with more tassels. All this may not be comfortable for the horses, but they looked so very picturesque, one hopes that they did not mind it.
The automobile now whizzed by a team of slow-moving cream-coloured oxen,—beautiful beasts with yokes twisted around their horns instead of around their necks. They never so much as lifted their sleepy eyes to look at our party.
"This is another frequent obstacle in the way of the automobilist," said Mr. Carter, as they came in sight of a flock of sheep with their shepherd, which completely blocked up the road. "But I do not object to stoppingin this case, for it is worth one's while to watch the sheep-dogs do their work."
The children stood up in the auto and watched the amusing performance with much interest, and Pierre barked his appreciation. The dogs knew perfectly well which side of the road must be left open for the automobile, and they began to drive the sheep toward the other side, pushing them and barking at them; the slow ones they would catch by the wool, give them a little shake, as much as to say "you had better move quickly," and then pull them out of the way, looking back every few minutes to see how near to them was the automobile.
"They act with as much judgment as human beings," said Mr. Carter, as he carefully steered through the flock. The shepherd, who had let the dogs do the work, was a fine-looking fellow, in a long grayish white cloak, striped with colour, which made himlook like a shepherd of Bible times. In the field near by stood his house, a kind of big box on wheels, just large enough for him and his dogs to sleep in, which he could move about where he liked.
They were now running down a long, steep hill into La Roche-Guyon.
"Look!" cried Germaine, "there are chimneys and stovepipes coming up out of the ground; is it not funny?"
"Those are the cave-dwellings," explained Mr. Carter. "These people have cut their houses in the side of the cliff; you can see the openings to them, often in tiers one above the other, and those chimneys you see come from the houses. There are many such dwellings all over the country, especially along the other great river of France, the Loire."
"Are people living in them?" asked Jean, "and how can they see in them? Are they not dark and gloomy?"
"Well, as you can see, there is always a door and often one or two windows. The poorer people do sometimes live in them, though not so much as they used to many years ago when the French peasant was much worse off than he is now. The working people are now building and owning their own little homes, and these caves are being used more for storehouses and, in the grape districts, for cellars in which to store the wine-crop."
"I should not like to live in the ground like that," declared Jean.
They only stopped long enough in the town to look at the big château, which to-day belongs to the noble French family in whose possession it has been for hundreds of years. This splendid building was very odd, for the back had been built into the high chalk-cliff which towers above it.
"I can see the towers of a big church in the distance," said Germaine, presently.
"That is the church of Mantes, and we shall soon be in the town," replied Mr. Carter. "It is said that this church was built by William the Conqueror to replace one that was destroyed while he was besieging the town, and it was at this same siege that he was mortally wounded."
After lunch and a walk around the town, they started for home over a fine broad road shaded with trees.
"This is a 'National Road,'" said Jean. "Papa told me about these great highways laid out all over France by the great Napoleon, so that soldiers could be moved easily from one part of the country to another."
"Oh, look! What is that big gray thing in the sky just above that clump of trees? It looks like a fish," suddenly cried Marie, as they were passing a small village lying just off the highroad.
"Why, bless me if it is not an air-ship!"ejaculated Mr. Carter. "I remember now that the big sugar manufacturer lives near here, who is so much interested in flying-machines, and every now and again he sends one up to find out how his experiments are getting on. Well, children, that is a sight for you that I did not anticipate. Who knows, however, but what you will live yet to see a flying-machine express going between Rouen and Paris, stopping at Les Andelys to take up passengers."
This was sufficient to give the party something to talk about until they reached Vernon, where they stopped at a pretty riverside café to have asirop de groseille, and, as Mr. Carter jokingly said, to rest the horses.
It was still early when they again came in sight of Château Gaillard, and so ended a blissful day for our young people, who had something to talk about for many a long winter evening.
THE END.
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THE BLUE BONNET SERIES
Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume$1.75
A TEXAS BLUE BONNET
ByCaroline E. Jacobs.
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BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY
ByCaroline E. Jacobs and Edyth Ellerbeck Read.
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BLUE BONNET IN BOSTON
ByCaroline E. Jacobs and Lela Horn Richards.
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BLUE BONNET KEEPS HOUSE
ByCaroline E. Jacobs and Lela Horn Richards.
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BLUE BONNET—DÉBUTANTE
ByLela Horn Richards.
An interesting picture of the unfolding of life for Blue Bonnet.
BLUE BONNET OF THE SEVEN STARS
ByLela Horn Richards.
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ONLY HENRIETTA
ByLela Horn Richards.
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated $1.90
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HENRIETTA'S INHERITANCE: A Sequel to "Only Henrietta"
ByLela Horn Richards.
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated $1.90
"One of the most noteworthy stories for girls issued this season. The life of Henrietta is made very real, and there is enough incident in the narrative to balance the delightful characterization."—Providence Journal.
THE YOUNG KNIGHT
By I. M. B. of K.
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated $1.75
The clash of broad-sword on buckler, the twanging of bow-strings and the cracking of spears splintered by whirling maces resound through this stirring tale of knightly daring-do.
THE YOUNG CAVALIERS
By I. M. B. of K.
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated $1.75
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THE MARJORY-JOE SERIES
ByAlice E. AllenEach one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, per volume$1.50
JOE, THE CIRCUS BOY AND ROSEMARY
These are two of Miss Allen's earliest and most successful stories, combined in a single volume to meet the insistent demands from young people for these two particular tales.
THE MARTIE TWINS: Continuing the Adventures of Joe, the Circus Boy
"The chief charm of the story is that it contains so much of human nature. It is so real that it touches the heart strings."—New York Standard.
MARJORY, THE CIRCUS GIRL
A sequel to "Joe, the Circus Boy," and "The Martie Twins."
MARJORY AT THE WILLOWS
Continuing the story of Marjory, the Circus Girl.
"Miss Allen does not write impossible stories, but delightfully pins her little folk right down to this life of ours, in which she ranges vigorously and delightfully."—Boston Ideas.
MARJORY'S HOUSE PARTY: Or, What Happened at Clover Patch
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MARJORY'S DISCOVERY
This new addition to the popular MARJORY-JOE SERIES is as lovable and original as any of the other creations of this writer of charming stories. We get little peeps at the precious twins, at the healthy minded Joe and sweet Marjory. There is a bungalow party, which lasts the entire summer, in which all of the characters of the previous MARJORY-JOE stories participate, and their happy times are delightfully depicted.
THE YOUNG PIONEER SERIES
ByHarrison AdamsEach 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume$1.65
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO;Or, Clearing the Wilderness.
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THE PIONEER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES;Or, On the Trail of the Iroquois.
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THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSOURI;Or, In the Country of the Sioux.
"Vivid in style, vigorous in movement, full of dramatic situations, true to historic perspective, this story is a capital one for boys."—Watchman Examiner, New York City.
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE YELLOWSTONE;Or, Lost in the Land of Wonders.
"There is plenty of lively adventure and action and the story is well told."—Duluth Herald, Duluth, Minn.
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THE FRIENDLY TERRACE SERIES
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THE GIRLS OF FRIENDLY TERRACE
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PEGGY RAYMOND'S VACATION
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PEGGY RAYMOND'S SCHOOL DAYS
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THE FRIENDLY TERRACE QUARTETTE
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PEGGY RAYMOND'S WAY
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FAMOUS LEADERS SERIES
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FAMOUS CAVALRY LEADERS
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FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS
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FAMOUS SCOUTS
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STORIES BY EVALEEN STEIN
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THE CHRISTMAS PORRINGER
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GABRIEL AND THE HOUR BOOK
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A LITTLE SHEPHERD OF PROVENCE
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THE LITTLE COUNT OF NORMANDY
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WHEN FAIRIES WERE FRIENDLY
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PEPIN: A Tale of Twelfth Night
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THE HADLEY HALL SERIES
ByLouise M. BreitenbachEach large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume$1.65
ALMA AT HADLEY HALL
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ALMA'S SOPHOMORE YEAR
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ALMA'S JUNIOR YEAR
"The diverse characters in the boarding-school are strongly drawn, the incidents are well developed and the action is never dull."—The Boston Herald.
ALMA'S SENIOR YEAR
"A healthy, natural atmosphere breathes from every chapter."—Boston Transcript.
DOCTOR'S LITTLE GIRL SERIES
ByMarion Ames TaggartEach large 12mo, cloth, illustrated, per volume, $1.75
THE DOCTOR'S LITTLE GIRL
"A charming story of the ups and downs of the life of a dear little maid."—The Churchman.
SWEET NANCY:The Further Adventures of the Doctor's Little Girl.
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NANCY, THE DOCTOR'S LITTLE PARTNER
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NANCY PORTER'S OPPORTUNITY
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NANCY AND THE COGGS TWINS
"The story is refreshing."—New York Sun.
IDEAL BOOKS FOR GIRLS
Each, one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.10
A LITTLE CANDY BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL
ByAmy L. Waterman.
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A LITTLE COOK-BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL
ByCaroline French Benton.
This book explains how to cook so simply that no one can fail to understand every word, even a complete novice.
A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL
ByCaroline French Benton.
A little girl, home from school on Saturday mornings, finds out how to make helpful use of her spare time, and also how to take proper pride and pleasure in good housework.
A LITTLE SEWING BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL
ByLouise Frances Cornell.
"It is comprehensive and practical, and yet revealingly instructive. It takes a little girl who lives alone with her mother, and shows how her mother taught her the art of sewing in its various branches. The illustrations aid materially."—Wilmington Every Evening.
A LITTLE PRESERVING BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL
ByAmy L. Waterman.
In simple, clear wording, Mrs. Waterman explains every step of the process of preserving or "canning" fruits and vegetables.
A LITTLE GARDENING BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL
ByPeter Martin.
This little volume is an excellent guide for the young gardener. In addition to truck gardening, the book gives valuable information on flowers, the planning of the garden, selection of varieties, etc.
THE SANDMAN SERIES
Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume $1.75By William J. Hopkins
THE SANDMAN:His Farm Stories.
"Mothers and fathers and kind elder sisters who take the little ones to bed and rack their brains for stories will find this book a treasure."—Cleveland Leader.
THE SANDMAN:More Farm Stories.
"Children will call for these stories over and over again."—Chicago Evening Post.
THE SANDMAN:His Ship Stories.
"Little ones will understand and delight in the stories and their parents will read between the lines and recognize the poetic and artistic work of the author."—Indianapolis News.
THE SANDMAN:His Sea Stories.
"Once upon a time there was a man who knew little children and the kind of stories they liked, so he wrote four books of Sandman's stories, all about the farm or the sea, and the brig Industry, and this book is one of them."—Canadian Congregationalist.
By Jenny Wallis
THE SANDMAN:His Songs and Rhymes.
"Here is a fine collection of poems for mothers and friends to use at the twilight hour. They are not of the soporific kind especially. They are wholesome reading when most wide-awake and of such a soothing and delicious flavor that they are welcome when the lights are low."—Christian Intelligencer.
By Helen I. Castella
THE SANDMAN:His Fairy Stories.
This time the Sandman comes in person, and takes little Joyce, who believes in him, to the wonderful land of Nod. There they procure pots and pans from the pansy bed, a goose from the gooseberry bush, a chick from the chick weed, corn from the cornflower, and eat on a box from the boxwood hedge. They have almost as many adventures as Alice in Wonderland.
ByHarry W. Frees
THE SANDMAN:His Animal Stories.
"The simplicity of the stories and the fascinating manner in which they are written make them an excellent night-cap for the youngster who is easily excited into wakefulness."—Pittsburgh Leader.
THE SANDMAN:>His Kittycat Stories.
"The Sandman is a wonderful fellow. First he told farm stories, then ship stories, then sea stories. And now he tells stories about the kittens and the fun they had in Kittycat Town. A strange thing about these kittens is the ability to talk, work and play like boys and girls, and that is why all of the little tots will like the Sandman's book."—Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
THE SANDMAN:His Bunny Stories.
"The whole book is filled with one tale after another and is narrated in such a pleasing manner as to reach the heart of every child."—Common Sense, Chicago.
THE SANDMAN:His Puppy Stories.
Another volume of Mr. Frees' inimitable stories for tiny tots, this time about the "doggie mothers who lived with their puppies" on the other side of Kitty-way lane in Animal Land. The illustrations are from photographs posed by the author with the same appeal which has characterized his previous pictures.