Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from When the Circus Came to Town a Dramatic Comedy in Three Acts
Due to a long continued run of bad business The Great Wonderland Circus is stranded in Kentucky and has been attached for debt by Cyrus Skinner, the county sheriff, who is also tavern keeper and justice of the peace. Francis Clay, a disreputable young Kentuckian, offers to lift the Show and in consequence forces his'attentions upon the youthful Peaches, the Queen of Bareback Riders. The financial difficulties so pall Jimmie Barker, the manager of the Show, that he is willing to accept aid from any source without question of motive. However, Clay's intentions are strongly denounced by Mother Rickie, the wardrobe mistress, and Zuzu, the clown. Zuzu is in love with Peaches and being resourceful plans to thwart Clay regardless of consequences. He enlists the aid of George Worthington, an erudite, Bostonian, who has wandered to this out of the way place in search of peace and quiet, and also the aid of Annabelle Reeves, a young heiress. Worthington admires Annabelle and when he learns that Clay has been showing her marked attention, enters the fray with vigor and de termination. There are many complications and difficulties which the ardent lovers overcome, but finally the clouds of trouble disappear. The odious Clay is vanquished. Barker receives enough money from the owners to finance the Show. Peaches decides to marry Zuzu. Annabelle accepts Worthington as a life partner, and Cyrus Skinner, as jus tice of the peace, is delighted to perform the most pleasant duty of his office. Thus, with happiness all around and about, these fun making, tender hearted, star-spangled cir cus folks, whose home lies in the sawdust under the big white tops, from the little sleepy town depart.
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