Inasmuch as I had already exceeded by far the time I was entitled to occupy Josephine there was nothing for me to do but disgustedly put on my hat and coat and depart.

It was about eight-thirty and as I wandered down the street, wondering how to most enjoy-ably spend the evening with the small capital in my possession, I saw a train with the sign "Wonderland" approaching, and acting on the impulse of the moment, I ran out and boarded it.

Wonderland was an amusement park situated on the outskirts of the city. Here were cheap shows, skating rinks, carousels, and an infinity of catch-penny devices. On holidays, Saturdays and Sundays, the place was well patronized, but there never was much activity on week nights, although many of the concessions remained open. It was reputed to be a fine place to "pick up" girls, although at this moment, I had no other thought in mind than to kill an hour or two of time agreeably.

When we reached the park 1 1 got off, paid the small entrance fee; and went inside. Pew of the entertainment features were operating but here and there were signs of activity with barkers, pitchmen and touts shouting their wares or extoling the qualities of the entertainments. I idled along, indifferent to their supplications,?or I had on previous occasions seen about all there was to be seen.

Prom a distant section came the strident, but not unmusical notes of a mechanical organ, operating in conjunction with a merry-go-round, and towards the source of this music I wended my way. Under a blaze of colored lights, to the tune of "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" tigers, giraffes, lions, horses elephants and other gayly painted members of the animal kingdom were flying around in dizzy circle, rising and falling with mechanical precision in what was supposed to

be the equivalent of wild flight.

As I watched them flashing by on their never ending journey something caught my eye which instantly awakened more than merely passing interest.