When London Sleeps — page 19: what you’re looking at

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~~. —— eer ‘THE BOUNDING BROTHERS. | CHAPTER IL. THE BOUNDING BROTHERS. And now that the principal performers are known, “we will introduce the reader into the side tent, a sort of green room of the circus, a favor which we trust will be fully appreciated, as the portly Mrs. Jones is always on guard there during the hours of perform- ance, ready to repel vigorously any importunate intru- der. It is an odd place, with its canvas walls covered with files of bills and posters, and with banners, flags, hoops and the general paraphernalia of the tinge scattered about in picturesque confusion. A couple of naptha lamps hung from the roof dimly illumine the place, save at one end where a flood of light pours in through an archway hung with drap- eries of the most brilliant colors. Thisis the entrance to the ring. ‘There are two other openings to the tent, one leading to the dressing rooms, and the other to the stables. A strong odor of tanbark pervades the whole struc- ture. When we first enter this holy of holies, its presid- | ing genius, the ubiquitous Mrs, Jones, is there, stand- ing, screened by the draperies, gazing smilingly out into the performance tent, which is ririging with applause. The worthy woman has good reason to feel comicbooks.co