The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-09
MAYNARD MARY NORTON.
ANS THE sPRTTE OF THE DUMPsn
At CONSTfBLE HOOK.

ncbri. to - Good he'd In urr Own II on,e
ynyward Mary Norton was returned to he,
totber yesterday and she will be sent to an In
.,tution where It is hoped her tendency tc
,oam may be permanently checked. Both the
GIRLS father and her stepmother came to the
rity Court Mt Dayonne and talked with Judge
conley. Mary was quiet during tho pro.
ocedircs. and said nothing about the
tonttnys from her stepmother which fig.
pred so conspcuousy in tho story she
told to tho police Sergeant on Thursday
and To- Judge Coney the following day. On
Friday night she slept In the matron's cnre at
Police Headquarters, and when she went TO
yak. Marv ut u o'clock tho child was already
dressed 10 tho dirty checked calico dress which
she wore whom the policeman arrested her on
Thursday night.
well. how did you sleep Mary" asked the
naron.
Not al ALL" answered the child. Jus gim-
me the dumps. tho. That's where can sleep
better than in any he'd was over made"
Mary is l. years old now. and va grancy Is
the formidable charge which was entered
AGAINST her on the prison blotter. She is not q
very hopcless-lo" hing vagrant. though. and
while yaGruncy may sound little bettor than
-sleeping on the dumps" it doesn't mean any
more; that was Mary's crime. She preferred
sIeepns therc to staying at homo in bed. aud
that llnlO nor u NueENHl. no Jumps Ill Day
enne ARC the vacant lots about the srot where
Twenty second street runs into Const able
mee Ike nS SesS at Wheh
Hook begins but the mnn that wants TO
fixed on the smoking chimneys Of tho chem
ical works. and when he comes to the
bricks. aud building material and can ieel the
pungcnt smoke from the actory chimneys.
making him wonder whether Ito wants more
IN LA
street Keeps, his eyes on The railroad station
ns ssscoT Street from the dumps to
ut It i Was on Thursday night after 10 o clock
patrol Twenty-second street as far down as
iGe Hook. heard strange sounds floating in
,is mlasmatic a,mosnhsre Of the Bumps 81,
Eoss e home sG r Mesndo It's t"o ate
fol-. you to DO down here on the dumps by your
s soIce Could ID not tell where the voice and
the laughter came from. But he knew that it
belonged to Mary Norton. Mary's weakness
and her parents had given up trying to over
come it. So they asked the police to arrest
Mary the next time any OF them found her at
Melando looked around for the girl, but it
%S tie %Ssks whsn 5
stood. Another laugh showed that Mary en-;
the girl. and when Melando turned in the di-
rectlon from which it had come he could see a
bright patr Of eyes looking up at him from
Zone out Of there Mary" said the police
man. TOR L m going to arrest you."
answer Of the child, who Still looked up at him
Meiando stopped down and looked under
the pile OF raiters In narrow, space; with
Stretched out. her chin resting on her eli.
bows and her bare feet beating q tattoo
gotten in under The pile rom The, side
Thought a moment. and another laugh from
the child showed that she knew her advantage;
he to m 9
q persuasive voice. Come over closer. Mary"
said to me-" but Mary was not to be caught
IKE that: so she oulyy laughed again ut Me-
and. thrustpg his arm through the space be-
tween the e. raftcrs: he elusoled at the girl.
ssso a!' nj sGs'; IT ass Ben
leye she's human bein'." was AlplaHlo's ex-
and started around tho rubbish pile to look
for the firl there he He was STOPPED II
ss' s Ss as out S0 icf SGu sSS
Caa't you, catch me- nowI", The girl was
top Of The 'p Pile. 'f The Wind Was bowin T ee
yellow hal ABOUT her head. and: with her eyes
EYED on the policeman's face; she sat smiling
md catch her. All that Meand do &C could i say
, was . IiBy CAD" and stand staring up at the
,.'ut fortune was not to he entirely on Mary's
lide that night. Tho policeman saw that the
SHs on bv which che tSnrs nG held in
stone. To dlsplace the stone would be to
Moyo the lower pieces Of timber and dislodgee
Eat haunting him from the top Of the pile For
I'VE Nv minutes ho had stood trying to persuade
boards to bear his weight. and knowing that il
her storm TIN s,a SG ss Th
lever boards fell. and Mary's throne collapsed.
with the alternative OF falling eight feet to the
ground or into the officers grasp. she accepted
he latter and fell with Q little cry into the po-
onlIH But that was mean; Mr Mslando"TSns the
to house. Ih@E had not sone block when
yca take me Hp. Mr.. lleiando; I'm not dom
s SHth III that's wrong" were, the Tor,s which
who beat " yoa you tn" " at ho@e
you'd sleep on the dumps. too. Say. lemme |
s At and But Mare wen come to 9 Ss
station house in spite OF her tears, The |
pext morning. when She was arraiened before |
Judge ConIey. there came another story OF Ill |
Treatment told SO yiyidly that the Judge de- |
sided hold the girl until her parents came to
court. The youthful yagrant. with her face |
rosy and her hair burnt by the sun into vary |
ing colors, from yellow to tawny brown. wept |
when when she bad to 20 back to prison md spend
another day with the matron. while other |
side.
The girls mother and father say that she
mas never been III treated and has been in
t to toS5s from the time she YES Ga enough
were tattested by the evidence OF several
h h father on his promise that the child should
DC p, sent to an institution where she might be |
fe,9rmed. Mary heard the neighbors and her |
lathe ,ather testify and sat on bench IN the court
her bare feet to and fro. When her father |
siarted to leave the room she placed her little |
nand In his and walked de,nurely along by his |
sihde. When she passed Policeman. Melando. |
me me looked Up from the ground. She smiled. |
and twinkle came into her eyes as she |
s stopped long enough to say: TT was mean Of