The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-13
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, rTs
1.-THE KINDTHAT CURES.
TOMMY. THE TOUGH,


lie Evid, ntly Has NJ Regard Tor the
Truth.
Thomas Wudkewski is a fourteen. .year-old
Hungarian boy who resides with his parents
IN that famous section Of the town known as
the rocks He is known among his play
mates as Tommy, the Tough, and enjoys the
reputation of being able to slug any body
his size who may have the courage to chal
lenge him. His appearance talies with his
reputation and the story he told his pl ~
mstes yesterday confirms both Tommy's
mother was getting breakfast yesterday morn
ing, at about six o'clock, when he walked in
The boy had been away all night aud the
poor wooman had been almost distracted by
grief during the night, The re appearance
Of the boy, safe and sound turned the
mother grief into anger and she demanded
AN explanation. Mrs. Wudkewski speaks
English pretty well and the boy speaks
it when outside of his home. While his
mother held the rod above his head Tommy
shouted to some boys who had followed him
to the house and they went in. Tommy said
he would tell the whole truth aud commenced
spinning a yarn that would have made some
sea-faring tars green with envy. He said he
accompanied the Columbia II ose Company to
Lakeside on Tuesday by stealing ride on
the train. After reaching Lakeside he went
down to the lake and while standing on
platform that ran out into the water some.
body threw him in several times aud tried TO
1rnt Ia m huF hn
after begging meal walked b ok to Shenan.
doah. This is the way Tommy told his
story;
81 was on de dock and doin' nothin' to
nobody. A chump swam'd round and
chucked me into de water see2 l cudn'l
swim and l went down in de water, but got
out man he got me out, and when was
ringin' me shirt annodder chump he guv me
push and / was in agin. tell you what, !
went clean down dat time-'way, way down
But didn't keep my eyes closed see and
catched onto piece of brush and l climed
up"
did yer swaller any water2" asked one Of
the spell bound listeners.
"Betcher life; was down bout N hour n
half" cOolly replied Tommy, as he got hold Of
a chunk of bread and his mother dropped
the rod in her amazement.
"An who got yer out2"
"Meselfr replied Tommy "Anl, gee,
didn't l swaler lots of water Yes, holered
under wa er, too"
Tommy at this point began to peer about
tv,l, q, l.
upon the assemblage of neighbors which had
by this time grown to vast proportions. He
evidently saw he was making bit and !
continued thus, when l got on der plat. |
form agin l wuz squeezin' me clothes and |
wuz troon over agin and der feller sed must |
swim; and when l went down 1 struck
rock and hurt myself but l got out and
everybody ran away"
One woman who had been listening ex- |
Lord have mercy on us" Others |
shivered, all except Tommys mother She
sat looking at the boy. There were no tears |
in her eyes now. Tommy caught the look
and understood it. His mother was be-
ginning TO doubt good deal of the story.
Vat fur you no comm home, Tommee?' she
asked with a sarcastic sting in her tone
Tommy, too, began to look serious Sud
denly he recovered courage and said, Il did.
[ run all der way home and just got here"
Tommy aud his mother had very lively
time after the neighbors left and Tommy
held the most lively end Of the time 1t may
De added that Tommy told the small boys
hat when he was down at de bottom" he
lad come across turtles and eels, and that
zig turtle gave him a bite on the leg He
howed a scratch to prove it,
Several people who were at Lakeside on
tuesday say they heard nothing of such an
occurrence as ommy relates and the mother
S convinced that the boys veracity is badly