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that ever was. They argued and tried to keep him out, but he wouldn't listen,

and the whole show come to a standstill. Then the people begun to holler at

him and make fun of him, and that made him mad, and he begun to rip and

tear; so that stirred up the people, and a lot of men begun to pile down off of

the benches and swarm towards the ring, saying, "Knock him down! throw

him out!" and one or two women begun to scream. So, then, the ring-master

he made a little speech, and said he hoped there wouldn't be no disturbance, and

if the man would promise he wouldn't make no more trouble, he would let him

ride, if he thought he could stay on the horse. So everybody laughed and said all

right, and the man got on. ssssssssss

The minute he was on, the ssssssssss

horse begun to rip and tear ssssssssss

and jump and cavort around, ssssssssss

with two circus men hanging ssssssssss

onto his bridle trying to hold ssssssssss

him, and the drunk man ssssssssss

hanging onto his neck, and ssssssssss

his heels flying in the air every ssssssssss

jump, and the whole crowd ssssssssss

of people standing up shout- ssssssssss

ing and laughing till the tears -' ssssssssss

rolled down. And at last, -- ssssssssss

sure enough, all the circus ssssssssss

men could do, the horse broke ssssssssss

loose, and away he went like ssssssssss

the very nation, round and ssssssssss

round the ring, with that sot ssssssssss

laying down on him and hang- ssssssssss

ing to his neck, with first one ssssssssss

leg hanging most to the ground ssssssssss

on one side, and then t'other one on t'other side, and the people just crazy. It

warn't funny to me, though; I was all of a tremble to see his danger. But

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