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Show THE OLD CIRCUS MAN Tells of Mishaps That Finally Led the Giant to Cut Out the Stilt-Walking Act. Oh )es snld the old cli.us miu 1 we tried th. Riant imstlitH s i mattei of fait his stilt wnll Iiir vvas on. ir the Rientcst tlilnaa lit did hut for all that ho did It old) one s. tsoti on it. .mint of the tlsk to the tjluni Invnlvel In It (if touise tin stilt liusluiss was an outdoor ail and iih far n that goes there vv tsu t ,itvvii)s loom for It even tlieie that Is vvheie we wanted to Rive It The Riant s alllt-walklng wna .run mnnl) done In out . Irciia patade liefotL the I eRlimlng uf the show tlie t,lniu inarching it the bca I of the pioteaslou Win thei In tould do thnt oi not depended de-pended on bow th. ti.es weie along the line nf mutch 111 nevet forget the scaie we had onct In u town of .stern Ohio wh n the Riant uaa walking in the parade ovei a runavtu) along the lint of martb a pair of horses booked to a faun wag. in "lids fnunei had got hla team as leutv inn-e h id for that mat t.i bnule I up at the side nf tin sttcet In s"i the parade Ro bv an I th. h rs a I nete all ilahi and th. v .1 la sti.) t Jll rlRlit If It ha In t iuat so hup lied that th. steam . illloj mill stnitel tip a tune on th .nlllopu Jut na he enmo abreist of them That m nit all the horses around tbei invtirt mor. or le' but It seemed ti throw thus, two old plnllhh nag l Im ib on tb lr bal itue un 1 befoie vou muld think thev ntro olT on the di il lump ilnnr the stieet tovvatd the bend of the line with the old farmr sawing on em ns hit 1 as he could but without an) sort of effect and ttvvny the) vv.nl two wild horses with i faun wngun snlnglne and bobbin!; nroun 1 behind them and occup)ltiR ilt) mil. li the whole rood ben Iiir stialRbt down on the cieit RluU walking walk-ing tlh.nl tbele on hla stilts Did the glint t,et lut In this e-ilteinpnt'' e-ilteinpnt'' Nt t for a minute lust one Icolc back when he htuid the clattet an 1 vv lint do vou supp.se he did' h he ill. In I even tr to Ret out of the wn) He Just apre 1 1 bis feet nr l.ithci bin slllts apart to t mt the foot of nn.- was In tin foil ot the other In the Rtttt r on th other and let the run-awn) run-awn) tiam ko tinier him between thei i I Hut slh k and eas) ns tho prett 1.1 mt I 1 um nut of this tlangfi the old limn wna nil vv rough t up over whu might hnve hnprencd fiom It and he snld tight then tint one moi straw nnd wed cut ut the suit ait fnr goo I 1 unn) but wo sot thit stiaw th very next div In this town It was ilear salllrr for the giant all along the muio e-xcopt at Just one tolnt vvhero two old trees with low -hanfilng branches niae'e th" street impassable foi him Hut with onl) this rtie Impediment we thought we 1 let him go It. he could Hep nioun I that 'lie eaine nlons down tint street tovverli g tu on his Milts to the -un ie. ment ns uu il of all behold, rs till he enmc to this plate when ht h tl to turn out ' 1 here wis here tit this point a bron 1 stretched nf bilrk-ived sldewilk thin heltig In fiont of the own hill As he steppel up tin thnt brick sllewnlk one of his stilts sllppstl on the bricks ind the first thine; )nu know bv gruvv, theie vvns the Rlnnt with his stilts slid-Inc slid-Inc nroun I on thit smooth pavement nnd he wt ivlng around up theie In the nlr making a desperate effort to iccover himself It nil t into In a minute but there he uaa now fnllli r appiren'lv und hciven onl) knew what harm bed do himself when hi went livvn Hut the RieJt giant ill In t go down or not In a vvns' to hurt himself riils town hull was a kin 1 nf an old-fashioned old-fashioned i nl. mini smt of a bull. Unit with a bilustrnde along the front of th roof Just hick of tho eaves nnd now when the stills lin.l slid nnl he found he inuHn t recover himself the Riant threw the stills nwi) from him nnd made a Jump for the top rati of that bilustrnde along the edge of the toof He Intendel tn hang on b) thnt for minute nnd then diop lo the groun 1 as n bo woul 1 .hop from a f. nee and In fact that drop from the rolling nlong the loof nf this building would hnve been Just about the same thing fnr the giant as the bov n dropplntj from n fence would be for him Well sir he Inn led with his hauls on the roiling nil right and himself sanRlng down the front of the bull 1-Ing 1-Ing and was Jusi about lo let go when the rolling riv wnv unilei his weight It vvtts old anl rotten nnd punk) nnd the first thing )eui know the Riant dropped with that balustrade coming a-toppllng down over Ills head after mm ' Hut the Rlnnt nded square and true on his fiet ulle unbanned that rotten old woolen railing clearing him all right anl going tn smash nn the rnvement six oi elejht feet behind hlni fine nf lhe stlltt had Mine thiough a window of the town hall and the other bad killed a horse but we were grateful grate-ful the) hadn t either of them killed some human being and with the glnnt unhurt and the entire damage to the town hnll not more than 17. or 1100 nt the outside we felt thnt we cnuld af-torel af-torel to feel pretlj well satslfled ' Hut the old mnn salel no more fooling fool-ing with the Kiatit nn stilts It might be a great itt anl ill thit and drpvv the peoi Ie but we ioiiI In t afford to tnke an) ilk nt all with (he great giant Slid so thnt end l up the Meat glnnt s stlll-wnlklng -New York un |