Show the prize smell of the circus harry dickson the writer probably knows its as much about the southern negro ns as any white man can ever ex ftp to know but oven even so 0 o in tits hla bior k f 0 r local color and quaint aich which to illuminate hla his to constantly Is striking a new angle of thought or a new angle of observation on the part of some one or another of his dusky neighbors down in mississippi once upon a time dickson was on a hunting trip in sunflower county while there he met nn an old negro guide a bear hunter of superior attainments tain ments and a person of a quaint und and an original philosophy all his life the old man hail had been burled buried at the lie back edge of tile lie cane canebrake brakes a only once or twice had lie he been to a large town the dream of ills hla life it developed was to see a circus lie had heard of circuses lie he had talked with persons who had seen circuses and he be treasured a tittered tattered program of a circus performance which a white man had given jilin him but the marvels of the red wagon und and the white top never had revealed themselves to him learning of the at oll mans binns ambition dickson had tin nn inspiration it was tin an inspiration burn born partly of philanthropy and partly of selfish and mercenary motives for he scented a chance to get some prime material for one or of tits stories lie promised uncle jim flint alint when next nest the circus visited vicksburg lie he uncle tim jim should seo see it in the middle of the following summer Hin hingning gling brothers came along with their show dickson sent uncle jim money for tits his railroad fora fare and bade him he be in vicksburg at daylight of a certain morning ile he met uncle jim nt at the train that day wits was probably y the most crowded day and the most moat eventful in uncle jims entire life ills his patron took him up tip into the yards to see the circus ur u ad from tire cars and took him then to tile the show lot to the raising of the tents under escort of dickson dackson the old negro saw tile street parade the afternoon performance and the sideshow and heard the concert ile he saw it all menagerie hippodrome freaks and the rest of it ills widely popped eyes cys find and the look on lili his face testified to this enthrallment nt at be holding nil all these wonders but not a word either of commendation or admiration mi ration fell from tits ills lips barry was rather disappointed ne he had expected a constant flow of copy still maintaining tits his silence uncle dackson to tits his homo home when the bay wag as ended ile he had dinner in the kitchen with tile the servants and a little later wits was to be taken to tile the train which would carry him back to his hig homo home in sunflower county toward dark dickson went to the back of the house to bid his guest farewell uncle jim with tits hla shoes off sai sat on the lowermost step of the porch easing casing tits his tired feet uncle jim said dickson im afraid you hil vent enjoyed your trip very much wy mist dlce son said uncle jim meks you think dat I 1 aint never gwine burgit abut I 1 seen today ez long ez I 1 lives an Is ia always gwine be g grateful 1 to you suit auh but you said at anything about the circus what made you so lumb dumb well suh sub my eyes beheld so much bat it seem lak ink my tongue forgot to wag oil oh that was it itt well of all the things youve seen today what impressed pressed you yop most all of it pressed me from do de start to do finish yes I 1 know but there roust must have been sonic some one thing that stands stand out in your igind above all the others something that hat seemed to you more ti than anything else think the whole day over now find see if you ca can n vall tell me what that thing I 1 Is 8 well suit bull mist dickson said uncle jim after a period of reflection ef it comes down to jes one thing id say de thing lilt hit me le de hardest was dat air beast dey day calls de camel un uh uh hh h dat camel I 1 why the camel particularly asked dickson alist dickson dackson said jim I 1 hes got such it 4 noble smell I 1 |