The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
THE BOUNCING BOZ.
Amazing Story of Lad in Pneumatic
Suit Relate ed by n Traveller.

SUIT Related by Traveller.
was stopping at the W orst hotel in Dubuque.
and you cant know what that means unless
you've been there. After dinner as was my
wont. went out to get something to eat, and
at tho restaurant my vis-A-vis was a queer
looking little man with a patrarchal beard
honest-lookinG eyes. one OF them green and
the other blue. and an expression OF the most
childlike innocence. l am not averse to talk
ing with strangers. and wa soon fell.nto con-
versation. When he heard that was from the
metropolis he said:
New York; / had more fun In that town
one afternoon than you could shake stick Mt"
DO you mind telling me what you dido"
asked. scsnting q story
Mind telling you? Why. you couldn't stop
me; honest. you couldn't" He tucked his
napkin under his chin. tied his beard behind
his neck to keen it out Of his soup. and began:
Five years ago I was living in New York
I've lived three:months in every State in the
Union taking EN- in turn. and It was New
York 3 turn to have me. That's now came to
be there. Now. I've never cared for children
as children. but I've often thought that there
were possibilities laid up in a boy that to
wtn an ven ysd turn Of and
had Just invented q pneumatic suit and |
wanted boy TO try it on. l went to an orphan
extraordinarily light frqmsd and with small
bones. and got him. He weighed 80 pounds
lodging and began to reduce his Weight" ~
How did you do it, | asked.
How, would any one do it. I starved him.
strength to get about and that was all. In
six weeks he weighed fifteen pounds and was
b very SF He He'd ms ar d
seemed seemed to Gs Trptr1 f me iG5 syns hin
would have starved him outright. was glad to
see he was not an migrate and | really liked
Well. when he was so light that | could lift
him with my litt!e, finger, dressed him up in
Biy-that was the hoy's name-wouid then
lIok about as well develored rs any boy OF ~.
Der suit nut u light cloth suit. and we filled
TIE TIE, inner one with gas and there we were.
could do to keep his toes on the ground. lie
went swaying round like balloon when it's
being glled and ! held tight on his hand for
"Whers'd YOU take him." asked.
Ny friend ,d finished 81 his soup and then said;
give a public exhibition Of him. You see. there
was to he review OF the lremen. and Judged
t tat, the oren snqce opposite the Fifth Avenue
On the way down / told him what he was to
o. boor and he seemed to enjoy the prospect
for him. But neither did !. 80 don't care
! left him in the crowd and Started to walk
dcTDfS RUIN avenue ana broadway to Mall-
son Square. or course a policeman yelled-to
me to ke'p back. but kent on Then Billy
ran up behind me- and tried to pick my mock OF
| turned and caught him in the net. and tax
ing him 10y the nnpe of the neck hurled him
up in the air.
The cops ~ stood still and the crowd forgot
to breathe. He came down Ike a bit OF thistle
down md landed kick in the middle of'his
back that sent him OYER tho Worth monument
lie laughed a. if il were great fun and half the
ragged urchin i'll the crowd wished they we're
as light IA he. The cOuucrs were too aston
ished 70 say word. kent up running fire
OF scoldng at Billy aud every time he came
lown | sent him higher, until NJ last he landed
on ~" IlIth avenue roof Then ! yelled
You'll pick my pocket again. will you? Como
down here and III teach SUu'
Billy grinnrd. and TO the great Joy o. every
body he jumped IF the roof Of the hotel and
started down But storm had been bre wing
over tnwdld Long Island and now there Go me
mighty gust of wind that caught poor Billy
and blew him seward. | never saw him again
for took an afternoons train for PENNSYLVANIA
wh"h was my next state. But I'll be that
New York crowd never forgot =" fun haG
what became Of him"
Nv friend heamod eXpansively at his fish,
which had Just been l'ouGht in md | went
out and pondered on the example OF Ananias