Front matter
Reading edition
I. & M. OTTENHEIMER PUBLISHERS No. 321 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, Md.
Cover Design by J. R. CROSSLEY.
Copyrighted 1904. I. & M. OTTENHEIMER. BALTIMORE, MD.
Between the shows there were seven of the circus outfit who would sit around the ring bank and on the carpet pads just to talk. Here are some of the tales told under the big round top when the tent was empty.
And to those happy days of bread and preserves, when we bare-footed kids sneaked out of the backyard gate to the circus lot and led the spotted ponies to water, these little yarns are affectionately dedicated:—