New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
4 SU4LL BOY AND A MULE.
TAKEN FOR THE BOY ORATOR ANp III"
DEMOCRACY AND THE CAUSE or
SOME EXCITEMENT.

I, uas I'm the hottest part Of the day last iu7'
dav when a small hoy in knickerbocKcIS 'u"'u
into Broadway near Trinity 'hurcn' i"'''
nothing remarkable about the boy except '''"' j"
lod nv = halter a small gray mule thd' '"''.
do,rureIv along as the boy turned down towaru 'he
n.,, Nm pedestrians stopped to watch the
,,,,,,srol seht for the boy did not look IKE Il
bostlor'a assistant He was nearer the co"n.e'
mart Of little Isrd FaGntleroy lie wore s'''o'
suit with a big white collar and russet shoeS. ="
the amount of self-conscousness that ne eAhi"''"'
,oo he again showed that he was an amateur
,r, rocoseior Of two moved slowly. for the hca;
.,. ,or~,nc and both The hoy and the mule sno"'n
that thoy folt H. Through the lire OF amused
faces they dragged their way. solemny ana lapo''-
ouslv winding in and out Of the maze oI c""'e'
and wagons one Of the most Interested SPoo'"'o' :
u.os o., man who carried his hat in his hand
and protected his head with big umDr'""' ~
stood at Rcctor-st. and Broadway. ana as ne
Looked after the disappearing pageant his facH
,,.ora q look In which amusement ana perpleAlP
rero mingled He looked - II he were "S''H ~
think of something. The boy ana IN" mu'e WIZ
almost block away. Suddenly the rat man 'h''"
up his hands and waving MS nat ana ''S .- VIZ
br.ua he shouted Iii, Hi, rs the BOY orator
a ,ho democratic party" Then he started down
~, s,roa, an the run crying at the top oi MS
,.oico "Rov Orator and the Democratic parry 'i'
orto the Bov orator and the Democrau' party
- oo instant the CRY was taken up, and there
,r.s q riish after the boy and the mue. =" d'''N''
"a, H. c.ovd rather that It not two minutes
hofore the street was filed with a hilarious pro-
.s,o, ~ mon and boys. who followed al re-
.,,oo,ful distance from the heels Of the mule Inc
t ms full OF gibcs and jests at the expense OF
49,, ,fo,tunate pair The crowd seemed ucAied
-. dcath with Itself. while hundreds OF thoae WHO
,torcht II beneath their dignity 10 take to the
,.rso, s+iu followed along the Sidewalk. ana wneh-
orcr they could get thoir breath for laughing
-,o,,.d- .,Snpeehi Speech!
7, v.ould be hard TO tell which was the more
,,,l,. IRA ssed-fhe boy or the mule Ihey both
iooled utterly Inundated. The boy never took his
.,.,e of the having and the mule almost dragged
Sie bead on the ground But neither OF thcr
etnnnod In this way the procession "'ht on :"
81 stafeu Island ferry-fhe boy ana IN" lnult thc
picture OF misery. the rTo"d upro'rions an t ~,
fvbtnd Al The ferry the boys cup Of humiliation
IN over The gatenan looked darkly az nm loi
moment Then he said. Yer can Elt on ul'
Toit with that. No children with mules without
,heir parents allowed on board go
The boy took look at the glphS CROWD ms ils
20 laughter. Then he turned app'aHnky 10. ~
ya,@man But he hasn't got any parents ne
s.id earthly "or II ne has they're way down IN
" JIin', say nofhln about the mules parents -
~ ,,5 .h- elteman. II meant your parents. Inc
S1 si,nuiy dissolved ia mirth Sorrowiully. the
49,. ,t,rnod about and started away MS tollo"lls
In irsteting upon a speech ana VolclnB lerNrht
a a.tm ~. for explanations about l6 10 ana nat
nIi, I,uf the sorrOWiul 'WO kept moving
monsyii po,,rrv Place and finally turned into West
- -, Yin ry.s stl bent upon The ground. The tat
49," Us fhc only one OF the hilarious crowd that
MAJ i'i'd Vi ,trr ont Of sight. lie still waving
~. nnhrclla and demanding speech.