Trapeze Boy
I hadn't thought about Mrs. Morgan for years, until I read in the pape
that she had died. When I was a boy, Mrs. Morgan played solo with m
mother every Tuesday afternoon. There were two other women there, bu
I can't remember their names anymore. Monkey, Magda, something like that
Mrs. Morgan collected opals. Her husband Ted owned a circus, which kep
him away and out of the picture most of the time. I'd come home fro
school and the women would be hard at the cards. I liked Mrs. Morgan, sh
always had a little chip of opal for me, and said that I should save it
for a sweetheart. I came home one day and Mrs. Morgan was crying in our kitchen
My mother told me to leave them alone. I learned later that a boy from th
circus had fallen and died. He used to ride the trapeze. Mr. Morgan went ou
of business and they moved away. I've still got the opals.
It's funny how someone you've never met manages to stay with you.
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