Motor Matt's Make Up

Carl Pretzel, reaching up to gra

twang that suggested New England. "By Jocks, I ai

shink bard, Ping Pong. He iss der pest efer-oxcept me. Shake

ly, taking the yellow palm of a small Chinam

its "tops" at Reid's Lake, near the city of Grand Rapids. A high wind had prevented Motor Matt from giving his outdoor exhibition of a?ropl

for the Zulu chief while he was dancing on broken glass in his bare feet, was a privileged character. He had walked into

had just arranged her beard most becomingly, the Elastic Skin Man was giving a few warming-up snaps to his rubberoid epidermis, the Educated Pig was being put throug

d, hold a Roman candle with one[Pg 2] foot, light it with the other, and shoot vari-colored balls through a hole in the tent

ling up in his chair and drawing a bandanna han

one of the Roman candles. "I vill make you acguai

ering his right foot. "It does me proud

remarked Ping, releasing

the Zulu chief, leaning down to arrang

vat you know,"

" declared Ping. "We b

oo much weather for the flyin' machine to-day, huh?

couldn't haf shtaid ofer der show grounds, und dot's der reason he di

re hard things to handle, and--

les. While talking with the Armless Wonder, he leaned back against a

looked most inviting. Digging a match out of his kimono, Ping sc

and it flashed over him that something was wrong with the Roman candle. Bringing the candle around in front of him for examination, he had it leveled at the Wonder the very instant

swerved the candle in order to get a look through the smok

latform on the right. Landing on the edge, his weight overturned the structure. There was a scream from the Bearded L

Armless Wonder c

llowed the gentlemanly tr

nd forth and waving the candle; "ged a pucket

and if he turned it straight upward he might set fire to the top of the tent. While he was running up and down

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attendant tried to head off the Porcine Marvel, but it ran between his outs

m against Carl. Both boys went down, and Carl rolled over an

me. He was said to have been turning to stone for thirty years, and was

oard slab with a yell. From the way he rushed to get out of the tent,

lighting the smoky interior of the tent, ran on blindly, overturned the stage set aside for the Zulu chief and t

tent, had excited the wonder and curiosity of the t

ls struck him below the belt, and he collapsed in the

stars. It had disgorged itself of a dozen. Carl had not counted them-he was too busy with other m

than wrangled and protested, there in the side-show tent, while

andles," came in sepulchral tones from the

e scattered glass, "if they don't cut out these fireworks. My goodness! You might just as well be killed outright as

didn't care where I jumped s'long

hman done it," f

bled the Ossified M

throwing the burned-out tube at the O. M. "

g

candle to goin'?" demand

dy! I hat him in my handt, und he vent

s," cried the Elastic Skin Man. "He's play

oor all three fell upon Carl. Between them they had t

omething white from the earthen floor of the tent. The object lay close to where Carl had lain, and Ping concei

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