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Show JUST THOUGHT OF'QBIKVANCE. Youngster Waited Long to Find Flaw In Day of Joy. The circus had come to town, and there was a tiny boy, not more than three years old, who was too excited to ent or sleep, so filled was he with visions of the wonders that might be soon. So till father (who was a big boy hlmsrlf) decided to take the baby to an afternoon performance, and the two set off together. It was a gorgeous afternoon, and the two came home with exciting tales of the marvels they had beheld. Never had thero been such a' show or such animals. Language was quite Inadequate to the occasion It had been a thing of pure, golden Joy. At slxi'clock the little fellow was having his supper, when ho suddenly stopped, his mouth full of porridge and tho spoon sticking out from It at a defiant angle, and burst Into a roar, deafening, heart-broken, and Inarticulate, Inarticu-late, 'the Bpoon dropping with a clatter clat-ter to the table. Ills father was puzzled and asked various questions as to passible stomach stom-ach ache, stray pins, etc., meeting with no answer whatever. Then" ho remonstrated: "Why, Jncky," he said, ''do you think this Is nice of you? Father has taken you to the circus, and just think of all tho things yon'vo seen! The polar bear, and tho olophants and " Hut Jacky's rage nt this becamo im-govornnblo, im-govornnblo, and ho found words. "The elephant" ho walled, "the elephant wasn't wasn't halt big enough!" |