The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney

Author:Charles G. Finney
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pyrate Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

THE CATALOGUE

(An explanation of the obvious which must be read to be appreciated)

I. THE MALE CHARACTERS

DOCTOR LAO: A Chinese.

MR. ETAOIN: A corrector of errors.

APOLLONIUS OF TYANA: A legend.

AN OLD-LIKE PARTY IN GOLF PANTS: A bore.

A QUARANTINE INSPECTOR: A good party man.

ANOTHER QUARANTINE INSPECTOR: A good party man.

ISKANDER: A legend.

ISKANDER'S CAPTAIN: Diogenes of Damos. An expert with a longbow; could hit an obolus three out of seventeen tries at nineteen paces.

KUBLAI KHAN: In his day he was China.

LUTHER: A voice, not a face; likewise a harried homunculus; likewise ultimately the owner of a fine statue.

A RAILROAD TRAFFIC OFFICER: Described in the text.

UNGAUBWA: A black priest, differing from that other black priest, Montanus, both as to creed and virility.

JOHN ROGERS: Learned the plumbing trade at fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen. Never made a hell of a lot of money at it, however. A good union man.

PAUL CONRAD GORDON: His father was way up in the bond business back in Detroit. Paul majored in mechanical engineering but after he graduated got a job as an aluminum salesman. It paid more.

SLICK BROMIEZCHSKI: His old man was a Polish immigrant, but Slick was so hot at football in high school that one of the temples of higher education made it worth his while to keep on with his culture. Mentioned as all-America end in some of the lesser sporting journals during his junior year,

CLOWNS: Pantaloons whose hearts are bursting.

CROWD OF MEXICANS LARRY KAMPER SHOULDERED HIS WAY THROUGH: Peons, agrarians, hacendados, padrones, prizefighters, bullfighters, laborers.

BILL: William R. Johnston. He had been drinking the night before he saw the parade and didn't feel so good that morning. Shot a good game of golf.

BILL'S FRIEND: Murray R. Kaldwell. In the ready-to-wear business. A sound merchandise man and a good window-dresser. Didn't like at all the kind of ads Steele would lay out for him in the Tribune.

TEDDY ROOSEVELT: An American President.

A RUSSIAN.

HARVEY: Harvey R. Todd. When Frank Tull told him and Helen what he had seen at the circus, Harvey and Helen always regretted they hadn't gone.

A FAUN: See Praxiteles.

JOE: A voice, not a face. Tenor, but rasping.

FRANK TULL: Described in the text. A good man before a jury.

PETTY CHINESE PRINCES: Wang Wei, Wang Foo, Wang Goo, Wang Chow. Not even legends any more.

LARRY KAMPER: Described in the text. After he got to Panama, he got into trouble and stood special court-martial for violation of Article of War Number ninety-six. They sent him up for nine months in the guardhouse, and while Larry was there he became awfully efficient at policing up around the post. Awfully nice chap, if you didn't expect too much of him. Good guy to go on a drunk with. The dirtier the story you told him, the louder he'd laugh. Old Larry didn't give a damn whether school kept or not and was the first to tell you so.

HARRY MARTINEZ: His forefathers came to this country a little after Hernando Cortez. His foremothers, Mayans, Toltecs, and Aztecs, were already here.

LARRY KAMPER'S FRIEND: Walter R.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.