"I circulated the paper. The man told me he already had
collected from the band on another subscription paper, so
I needn't go to them. The man subscribed over $40 to help
Turner, and I gave the money and the paper to the canvas
boss who asked me to make the collection.
"He took it, and remarked gratefully that he would make it
all right with me. I didn't catch the significance of the
remark then. About a week after that the same canvas boss
came again with another subscription paper for the benefit
of John Kane, who, he said, was a gasoline lamp tender and
had been horribly burned and taken to the hospital. He told
me a graphic story of the accident that aroused all my
sympathy. I took the paper and worked hard on it during the
afternoon and evening performances, and, as it was the day
after pay day, I collected nearly $100.