The National tribune., 1880-08-01
How Tommy Tingle Ran Away.


"Come Tommy, want you to rock the crade.n OF
course Tommy Jingle did not hear his mothers CALL for
he did not move.
Tommy do you hear me2 | want you to rock the
baby Sleep Some evil spirit passed by at that mo-
ment and left ugly marks on Tommy Tinge's face
"1e-es, hear, he drawed
"Wel come once. Baby is crying and must finish
this work before supper
Another evil spirit along and | think he must
have been Chief Hasy Pudding Strer to the great King
of Badmans Land for as Tommy turned into the bouse
he knew something about him which ought to be calm
and quiet getting into fearuly ruffled condition
How that something dd boil and bubble and rage and
dash and tear about just like angry little brook after
1t has fallen a great rock
Just Tommy touched the cradle the Chief Hasty
Pudding Strrer to the Great King of Badman's Land
made another wild dash into something and in an instant
it-wel, it stopped over
Il don't why fellow can't be let alone Don't
want to be rocking the babies and doing things all the
time"
Another turn by the Chief Hasty Pudding strrer and
then another ''slop overs
81 won't stand it I'll run away I've had enough of
rocking babies, and bringing in wood and coa and doing
things, and III go away from them,'
And the Chief Hasty Pudding Strer to the King of
Badmans Land continued to stir the Something in
Tommy Tingle, and the something continued to sop
over until there pretty mess of it,
at last the baby fast asleep, and Tommy Tingle
grasped his hat and--ran away. He rushed down the
street like windsprte taking notice of anything
anybody until suddenly he found himself in crowd gath
cred about the Opera House.
"Hullo what's this ?{
See that rope stretched the street ?'' said
street urchn at Tommy's elbow
Eyes" replied Tommy
''Wel the that shows trained birds in the Opera
minnit.''
Going to walk the rope?" asked Tommy
mo, sir. Big bird goin to wheel little bird cross
the street ON that rope in that little you up there
There's the beauty
Up from the crowd long pole appeared on which a
little bird was raised to perch that was underneath and
attached to the 'cart Down went the pole and soon
it was again bearing large bird which stepped
cumsily from the pole to the rope Taking step two
birdS Snack tak b,II tla
cart with its beak, proceeded to push the tiny vehicle
across the street the opetrack Halfway and
the bildcoachman seemed to lose his temper. Surely
something did not 60 smoothly for the bird queer
nose-a birds way of stopping over perhaps-the car
tipped and then dangling from the rope wrong
side up Up came the pole and took everything back
the starting point and the second trial successful
The crowd moved away and in few moments Tommy
found himself at the gate of his own home.
why see here Tommy Tinger p said he to himself
what are you here for? You've away. Forgot all
about it thnkin of that bird show Guess IN wait un
Til tomorrow It's most night and haven't time to find
place to stay, anyway"
"A few hours later Tommy Tingle was in dreamland.
He was running away. He did not know where he would
go or how he would get there did he much if
he could only find place where boys asked to rock
babies or to bring in wood and COAL do things
Away he Went fast he could rum and the next thing
he really did know he being dragged through crowd
by man who carried along pole, and moment later he
was caught on the pole at the collar of his and raised
to rope that stretched the street. There
stood on the rope leaning against the building.
"Hullo it's you is il? The voice came from sort of
wheelbarrow that rested the rope before him. peer
ing into his face the saucy eyes of urchn
do you know what you're up here for?' asked the
urchn.
"No, don't said Tommy
you've got to wheel me across the street
"Oh, never can do it, / can't walk rope"
you've got to- Old Poy's your master now''
Start youngster !" came from the man with the pole.
so ST. can't do it ~ sobbed Tommy
Eyes, you do it. Start, say"
the crowd yelled and hooted the band played 'When
Johnny Comes Marching Home" and Tommys tears