The Red Cloud chief., 1880-06-17
HOW TOMMY IIN.LE RAN AwAt.

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HOW TOMMY IiN.IE Ran AwAt.
..Coxr. Tommy. | want wa IA rock
the cradle -! cSurSs Tommy Ingie
ili not hear b., mother cat. Tor 10
dld uo; moNv
Tommy. DO you bear mce ! want
,oa - rcG the baby 20 sleep Sonp
rsIl spirit passed by 81 tha; moment.
AMI Jeff ugly MARI. on Tommy itngie'
iace.
"l.-c.. 1 hear" he drawlcd
We'll. come al once. baby Is cry
inr. and | mus; finish this WORK before
supper. a.,
Another evil spiri; came along. n
think he must have been Chief TASTY
Padding S,irrvr Ia the Great hing ~
Hahman's Land. for rs Tommy turned
into the house he new something about
him which ought to be calm aud qusci
w,s getting into n icarfully uIit'cd con
diiiou. How that something d'd
boil aud bubble and rage anil dash and
tear about. lust like an angry htile
brook after IL has fallen over a great
rock
Just as Tommy touched the cradle
the thief iIa,iy Pudding Stirrcr Ia the
Great king "a Badmans Land made
another wild dash into the something.
and IN an instant it-wcll. u stopped
over"
Il don't see why n fellow can't he let
alone. Don't want Co be rocking babies
and doing thing, all the time An
other turn hy the Chief liasiy Pudding
Siirrcr. and then another "sloP over.
II won't stand IL I'll run away
I've hal enough ~ rocking babies. and
bringing IN wood and coal. and doing
things. aud I'll ~ away from them
And 80 IA. Chief IIas,y Pudding Stirr-
ar To the Grca, King ui Badmans Land
continued To- star the something IN
Tommy Jingle. and the something
continued 10 "slnp over until there
was a pretty mess 81 II.
At last the baby was fast asleep, and
Tommy Jingle grasPed his hat and
ran away. lie rushed down the street
like a wind-spritr. taking no motto. of
ANYTHING or any body. until suddenly he
found himself in a crowd gathered about
thf opera fttlsfs
"Huilo' what : this''
"Scc that rope stretched across the
sircet?' said "A street ufvhin ut Tom
my, elbow. Yes" replied Tommy.
Well. the man what shows trained
birds in the Opera House to-night's
g"in' ,o give III Il free show her. IN a
minute Going Ia walk that ~roI'e?'
asked Tommy.
NO. sir Big bird goin' 90 wheel
little bird cross the street on that rupe
in that little cart you see up there.
There the beauty
Up from the crowd n long pole APP
pearcd. on which a little bird was raised
Ia a perch that was underneath and a.
tachrd Ia the cart" Down went the
pole. and soon IL was seen again bear
Ing n larger bird. which stepped clum-
sily from the pole Ia the rope. Taking
a step or two. the large bird stretched
it, neck. and. taking hold of the cart
with it, beak. proceeded TAI push the
tiny vehicle across the street ~ the
rope-irack. Half WAY across. and the
blri-Coachman seemed to lose his tenn
per. Surrly. something did not 20
smoothly. for the bird made a queer
noi~e-a birds way of stopping over"
perhaps the cart tipped. and then va.
seer dangling from the rope wrong side
up. Up came the pole again AMI took
everything back Ia tn" starting point.
and the second trial was successful.
The crowd moved AWAY. and IN a few
moments Tommy found himself at the
gate of his own home again.
WHY. see here. Tommy Tingle'"
said he Ia himself. "whs, arr YOU here
for2 You'v. run away. Forgot all
aIod a.. thinkin' of that b~irh-shos.
Its moot night. and ! haven't time To-
find a place TO stay. anyway"
\ few hours later Tommy Tingle w.s
in dreamland. lie was running away.
lie did no, know where he would 20. or
how he would get there, nor did he
care much. il be could only find n place
where boys are not asked Ia rick ba-
bies. or to bring in wood and coal. or 10
do things AWAY be went as fast NJ
he could run. and III. next thing
he really dti know he wa being
dragged through a crowd by n nan
who carried n long pole. and a moment
later hc wss caught on the pole nj the
collar Of his coal. and raised To n rope
that was stretched across the street.
There be stood on the rope. leaning
against the building.
iinllo' its you. il itr' The voice
came. from = sort of whcelbarrOw that
rested on the rope before him. and
Tccring into his face were the .ancy
eyes Oi a street urchin.
DO You know what you're up here
for" asked the urchin
mo. | DON'T said Tommy.
fuuy got 10 wheel me across the
street"
oh. | never can DO i, can't walk
n rope"
You've Tot to. Old Polcy's your
master now
Start. youngsisr"' came from Tho
man with the poe.
"Dh, sir. | can't do it, sobbed
Tommy.
Yes. suu cts do L. Start. I say"
And Tommy started lie walked
fcw feet. and then the crowd yelled
and hooied. the band pls,c Il 'Nhsa
Johnnie comes marching home" and
Tommys tears blinded him 81 tha, he
missed has footing. and there he lay.
wide awake ia he ~afm bed Al home
I'm glad I'm herr. I'm glad that
was ius' a dream guess I've run
nsss en"ush."
And Tommy finsis turned over Zoe
another nap hassas, " Asv, q.
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