The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-16


LOOMS Most Successful Extrava-
panzas written as a Story of Adj
venture for BOys-The wolves
Loose in Wall street Made Havoc
of Bears, Bulls, Lambs and New
works. Hest Citizens Generally.
BY c. B. LOOMS.
No matter in what part of the country
vo1 may live, you know that New York
ci+v is no longer infested with wolves2
The last one was shot many years ago.
So you may wonder how Harry, who was
born and bred New Yorker, came 10
have an encounter with the terrible beasts.
Well no circus is complete without den
n wolves, and it so happened that an an
insl dealer was ordered by a travelling cir
Gus to procure nine of the fercest and big
eest wolves that could be secured in India.
He spent many weeks collecting them.
But analy he had them all Gagged and
BROUGHT them to this country via the Suez
canal No don't get down your geogra-
phy now. Remember the name if you viii
and look it up when you are through with
ne. but at present, please listen and don't
interrupt
The animals were landed in West street,
which runs parallel with the North river.
sou.a street, by The way, is on the east
side OF the town, so YOU see that New
Workers. have a pretty clear idea of the
points of the compass. But it is more
tulu The driver of the van chat contained
The wolves n3d, for although he was to
take them to Central Park, he drove over
toward Wan street, which is down town.
The van was an ordinary padded furniture
van and why the shipper was reckless
enough 10 turn nine fierce man eaters into
this wagon. 1 don't know, but he did it,
SUI it was padlocked and so no harm was
Likely 10 befal anyone.
But you can never tell when something
unpleasant is going 10 happen, and just
as tle driver. turned into Wall street,
where the stock brokers and bankers and
other pnilanthropists of New York work
tie worst happened A fire engine, going
a fun speed, ran right into the van and
upset it and smashed one side in, and in
less lime than it axes to imag CINE it, those
nine rdvenous wolves wer in the street.
say ravenous, and they were, indeed, for
they had been SO seasick on the way over
that they couldn't eat a mouthful on
board SHIP and they had only had time
Tor a hasty breakfast OF a few sheep and
half dozen lambs so they were hungry
enough for anything.
Well You can imagine what terror
spread among the men who infest Wall
street. Never before had wolves been
seen there since old Trinity Church first
took up its sentinel watch at the head OF
the sueeL Wolves i'll Wall street Per-
ssh the thought. But they were there
and every man, woman and child who
sat OUT doors got in doors in a jiffy. In
Two minutes time the street looked as it
does ON Sundays and holidays. The dread
iui wolves ran back and forth, bowling as
only a wolf knows how, and it is a dread
Jul sound, which once heard is never for
gotten as the story books say.
They lifted UP their heads and they
hoWied for something to eat They would
nave been glad to get some tender lambs,
noJ u there had been any lambs on the
street. When the wolves escaped they were
soon I'D doors, too, so the wolves became
way
they had been ordinary wolves or
uoss some one would have shot them,
uuI their coming had been heralded in
We papers for several weeks, and every
One knew that they were very valuable
ana worth catching alive One old gem
ueAdn suggested fishing for them from
-e l"eItn story window of an office
D0.Nihg, batting the hook with a piece If
"a" meat, but there was nobody TO get
the meat
~. "a cable car full of people was going up
Runway Just as the wolves turned into
."'I great thoroughfare, but when they
ga" me lerocious beasts coming they all
''"eu through the car and out of the
to"l door and not a moment 100 soon, for
ANNALS all ran in at the back door. and
'e car was filled with the snarling. snap
s.rs PACK The gripman had the good
80 10 smut the front door and for a mo
I &C L.
w. "ul the conductor was not on hand to
my. tNe rear door, and in moment the
9''eS realized Il SUPPOSE that they had
D gar lares, and they turned and with
3' curdling cries they left the car end
az rs as bad as before.
oo lar no one had been injured, although
- were q good many coattails lying
t''"l on the sidewalk where the wolves
~, W"iIed them in disgust when they
bo'et. d there was no one inside of
loEs 9N iNoN "ou'u Ho' Ids'
i1 ponce man who was patrolling his beat
' ts'dc Trinity Church yard fence hap
n7n'l TO mink of Harry and mis- wonderful
s5r, , over wild beasts. and he yelled 10
'o one IN the Trinity building to teIe-
tended ''00i 'iia' lie at
h. had been out to lecture the night
hi. ana so had not had time TO study
r' geography f-sson. This was pity, be-
d.,s x. osfaphy s more neglected now-a-
w. '"on there is any need for. Now that
i, o1 -radually getting all The world il
lbr.' IIsat that We should know some
ar1 az the countries that we possess,
s.zl. instead Of Thing minds of different
ne WI d The same sized chunks of arlth-
f. wy 'u't VII never be used in later years
me- '' DE a good idea TO stuff a little
Iu sIaphy into the vacant chiuks
.Ha' Is DEPRESSION. As 1 was saying,
San "aa net studied his geography les
ba-,I zee teacher had just asked him to
c..'4 ~ 3dagascar, which 1 am sure /
lb.-t" 20 myself, and he was trying TO
uorI naethor Scnegambia was on the
V1.,.oNl budgets sound on the east, OF
~ +,' III Was Mozambique and the Bay
Ls rs when The principal rushed into
,g..re ana SAID GREATNESS Harry
,o.r,. "e4,ed to tame some wolves at the
eg.o.'.'t' Wall street and Broadway. An
Us'.'.D ne is al he door"
wiz -. ai%ays thought quickly, ana so
IAN a9, Excuse me- to his teacher he
Ina 'Dess out of the school and iumped