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Name: A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling
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A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

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“A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling”, published in 1896, is a work by Anonymous. It explores elements such as Old Props, Patty and circus.

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ At a very tender age she had been taught to balance herself on the back of a horse, and when her mother died her education in bareback riding had so far progressed that she was billed as an infant prodigy, and was the source of endless entertainment to the youngsters of every town visited by the circus. Old Props was her guardian, a duty that he had willingly assumed when Patty’s mother died, leaving her daughter to his care. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ Patty, poor girl, had never known the refining influences of a home and the effect of her environment was potent to the close observer. Love was something foreign to her nature; that is the love born of a tender passion. For Old Props she possessed a strong sense of gratitude and a sort of filial affection, but for the genuine article she seemed to be incapable of its entertainment. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ Patty was sui generis. Of the world beyond the circus she was totally ignorant. If she had a passion it was for gay dresses and stunning jewelry, while the “bravas,” elicited from an admiring audience, was the sweetest music that her ears ever knew. At the age of seventeen she was a [5] strikingly beautiful girl, overflowing with animal spirits and enjoying perfect health, a robust young goddess to whom all the other sawdust subjects paid homage. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ From her birth Patty was a great favorite with Old Props, who, in the absence of a legitimate father, constituted himself the male protector of the petite girl baby, whose tiny fingers toyed carelessly with the grizzled, brick-dusty beard of the gruff circus man whenever he took her in his arms. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ A STORY OF THE SAWDUST.
Her mother was a slack-wire performer in the circus, and Patty was born in that part of the dressing-room reserved for the feminine talent, the privacy of which was a pleasant piece of fiction due to the strip of canvas that “Old Props” stretched across the tent in the centre. Immediately behind the “wall” the male performers struggled into pink tights, smoked cigarettes and streaked the air with loud-mouthed oaths, regardless of the proximity of the ladies, whose own language, to tell the truth, was none too choice. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ When Patty was eighteen the circus to which she was attached arranged for a tour of the Australian continent, and at San Francisco the “main guy” engaged a lot of fresh talent, some of the old-timers not relishing the salt water voyage. Several of these new performers were adepts in their particular lines, and one was especially so, as Old Props had bitter cause to remember. The circus showed all through New Zealand with remarkable financial success and Patty won unbounded honors from the colonials, and was, besides, the life of the troupe. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

“ She lies in the quiet little cemetery adjoining the English church at Wagga Wagga, in the same grave with her baby, a plain white stone erected by her heartbroken guardian marking the spot where she is at rest. As for Old Props, he will never go out with the red wagon again.
What He Thought.
“Sometimes,” sighed the man who is wedded to a woman with a mind of her own, “I think my wife must take me for a pneumatic tire, the way she is blowing me up all the time.”—Boston Transcript. ”

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

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Anonymous, A story of the sawdust: The pathetic history of "Old Props'" darling (1896)

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