The Other Side

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Many days passed and on one in particular, people elated, abuzz with delight, and transformed by the experience, were crowding in front of Barnum's Museum that had merchandise stands parked at the doors

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Many days passed and on one in particular, people elated, abuzz with delight, and transformed by the experience, were crowding in front of Barnum's Museum that had merchandise stands parked at the doors.

There was shouts from a seller, calling out, "Peanuts. Get your peanuts here. Hot, salted peanuts. Piping hot!"

"One for me, one for the lady." A man replied as Roman stepped out in his usual suit and top hat.

He looked on with glee as people pulled off the little trinkets of the hooks. Roman then stopped for a moment.

"O'Malley." The man in question put back his pickpocketing hand from a guest's watch.

He then saw at the bottoms of the steps, the same black-wearing man from his pervious shows, "Ah, Mr. Bennett from Herald." Roman greeted the newspaper reporter, Virgil Bennett, "Come to take in another show, huh?"

"Tell me, Mr. Barnum." Virgil said with a point-blank expression, "Does it bother you that everything you're selling, is fake?"

Roman only looked around, "Do these smiles seem fake? It doesn't matter where they come from, the joy is real."

"So, you are a philanthropist?" Virgil snarked back at him.

"Well, hyperbole isn't the worst crime," Roman voice had confidence in it, "Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much."

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⏰ Last updated: Nov 12, 2018 ⏰

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